Using LINQ to remove elements from a List

Question

Say that I have LINQ query such as:

var authors = from x in authorsList
              where x.firstname == \"Bob\"
              select x;

Answer 1

You can remove in two ways

var output = from x in authorsList
             where x.firstname != "Bob"
             select x;

or

var authors = from x in authorsList
              where x.firstname == "Bob"
              select x;

var output = from x in authorsList
             where !authors.Contains(x) 
             select x;

I had same issue, if you want simple output based on your where condition , then first solution is better.