LINQ: differences between single Where with multiple conditions and consecutive Wheres with single condition [duplicate]

Answer 1

Semantically, there is no difference in the case of Where (contrast OrderBy, which needs more care). At the implementation level, it is simply multiple predicates with simple expression trees instead of a single predicate with a complex expression tree; but most engines will cope fine with either.

For what you are doing, multiple Where is ideal.

Answer 2

I was wondering the same thing. That's why I tried this in my own application.

I have a list with a lot of entries and this is what I tried:

//TEST 1
Stopwatch stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
stopWatch.Start();
var hoursLinq = _hourDataSource.Hours
            .Where(hour => hour.Id == profile.Id)
            .Where(hour => hour.DayName.Equals("Maandag"))
            .Where(hour => hour.Day == 1)
            .Select(hour => hour);
stopWatch.Stop();
// Get the elapsed time as a TimeSpan value.
TimeSpan ts1 = stopWatch.Elapsed;

//TEST 2
stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
stopWatch.Start();
var hoursLinq2 = _hourDataSource.Hours
            .Where(hour => hour.Id == profile.Id)
            .Select(hour => hour);

if (hoursLinq2.Count() != 0)
{
    var hoursLinq3 = _hourDataSource.Hours
            .Where(hour => hour.DayName.Equals("Maandag"))
            .Select(hour => hour);

    if (hoursLinq3.Count() != 0)
    {
        var hoursLinq4 = _hourDataSource.Hours
            .Where(hour => hour.Day == 1)
            .Select(hour => hour);
    }
}

stopWatch.Stop();
// Get the elapsed time as a TimeSpan value.
TimeSpan ts2 = stopWatch.Elapsed;

//TEST 3
stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
stopWatch.Start();
var hoursLinq5 = _hourDataSource.Hours
            .Where(hour => hour.Id == profile.Id &&
                            hour.DayName.Equals("Maandag") &&
                            hour.Day == 1)
            .Select(hour => hour);

stopWatch.Stop();
// Get the elapsed time as a TimeSpan value.
TimeSpan ts3 = stopWatch.Elapsed;

Each timespan (ts1, ts2, ts3) had such a small difference in elapsed time that I'm pretty sure you can ignore it.

I guess it's personal preference, I like the multiple where's because of it's readability