Declaring an implicitly typed variable inside conditional scope and using it outside

Question

In the simplified code below,

if(city == \"New York City\")
{
  var MyObject = from x in MyEFTable
                     where x.CostOfLiving == \"VERY HIGH\         


        

Answer 1

you'll have to define the MyObject as a var before the condition:

var MyObject = from x in MyEFTable
                     where x.CostOfLiving == "SOMETHING THAT'LL RETURN NO ROWS"
                     select x.*;

This will assign a schema to the MyObject variable.

Now you can proceed with your condition as:

if(city == "New York City")
{
  MyObject = from x in MyEFTable
                     where x.CostOfLiving == "VERY HIGH"
                     select x.*;

}
else
{
  MyObject = from x in MyEFTable
                     where x.CostOfLiving == "MODERATE"
                     select x.*;

}