With Linq, can I use a conditional statement inside of a Where extension method?
With Linq, can I use a conditional statement inside of a Where extension method?
I had a scenario like this where I had to check for null within the list itself. This is what I did.
items = from p in items
where p.property1 != null //Add other if conditions
select p;
// Use items the way you would use inside the if condition
But as Kelsey pointed out this would work too -
items = items.Where(a => a.property1 != null);
from item in items
where condition1
&& (condition2 ? true : condition3)
select item
This is how can you can do it with the noob Linq syntax.
This applies the condition3 only if condition2 is false.
If condition2 is true, you are essentially doing && true which has no effect on the where clause.
So it is essentially doing this:
if(condition2)
{
from item in items
where condition1
select item
else
{
from item in items
where condition1
&& condition3
select item
}