I have a CustomObject, say defined with following attibutes:
string Name {get;set;}
string EmailAddress{get;set;}
Also, I have a separate List<string> that contains all 'names'
I want to populate List<CustomObject> with each CustomObject having its name assigned from List<string> names.
How can I achive this using Linq?
var strList = new List<string>();
var coList = strList.Select(item => new CustomObject() {Name = item}).ToList();
Try the following:
List<CustomObject> customObjectList =
(from item in stringList
select new CustomObject { Name = item, EmailAddress = String.Empty }).ToList();
() and spacing the object initializer properly. -1 for using query-style where it's absolutely not needed and further perverting it by wrapping it in parenthesis to use .ToList.EDIT: removed rubbish class declaration
IList<string> names = new List<string> { "first name", "second name" };
IList<SampleObject> myObjects =
names.Select(x => new SampleObject { Name = x }).ToList();
