Linq Select Certain Properties Into Another Object?

Question

So say I have a collection of Bloops

Class Bloop
  Public FirstName
  Public LastName
  Public Address
  Public Number
  Public OtherStuff
End Class
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Answer 1

This should do the job:

Dim results = From item In bloops _
              Select New Razzie() With _
              { _
                  .FirstName = item.FirstName, _
                  .LastName = item.LastName _
              }

And if you want to convert the result from IEnumerable<Bloop> (what the LINQ query returns) to an array or List<Bloop>, just append a call to the ToArray() or ToList() extension methods respectively.

Edit: Corrected the code so that it now has valid VB.NET 9 syntax.

Answer 2

public void Linq9()
{
    string[] words = { "aPPLE", "BlUeBeRrY", "cHeRry" };

    var upperLowerWords =
        from w in words
        select new { Upper = w.ToUpper(), Lower = w.ToLower() };

    foreach (var ul in upperLowerWords)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Uppercase: {0}, Lowercase: {1}", ul.Upper, ul.Lower);
    }
}

Answer 3

Transforming from one type into another can be accomplished by using Enumerable.Select

In fact, there is a sample from 101 linq samples that shows a query transforming ints into strings.

Answer 4

List<Bloop> myBloops = new List<Bloops>;
//populate myRazzies
List<Razzie> myRazzies = myBloops.Select(x => new Razzie() { FirstName = x.FirstName, LastName = x.LastName}).ToList();

Answer 5

        C# Sample - Thanks to earlier posters.

        List<clsObj> myList = new List<clsObj>();
        clsObj clsObjInstance = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            clsObjInstance = new clsObj() { x = (i+1) % 3, a = "A" + i.ToString() };
            myList.Add(clsObjInstance);
        }

        List<int> extIntList = myList.Select(u => u.x).ToList();
        foreach (int u in extIntList)
            Console.Write(u.ToString() + "\t");

        List<string> extStringList = myList.Select(u => u.a).ToList();
        foreach (string u in extStringList)
            Console.Write(u + "\t");