Linq IEqualityComparer<string> Ignore Case

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I am sorting a list of elements:

var matchEle = listOfElements.Where(e => e.Properties().Any(p => p.Name.Contains("Key", Asking for IEqualityComparer))).First();

I am used to just going straight to a StringComparer, OrdinalIgnoreCase or CurrentCultureIgnoreCase, however when calling Contains() in this context, it is asking for an IEqualityComparer. I imagine because of the data structure/level. I saw an example of how to set up an IEqualityComparer such as

strEqualityComparer = new IEqualityComparer();

and defining the class for strEqualityComparer but I am not sure beyond that. Can someone help me get my linq statement to work with an ignore case?

Update: Just so I'm clear here is an example of the data structure:

listOfElements = [element1, element2, etc..]
element1.Properties = ["Prop1", "Key1", "Prop2", "Key2", etc.]

I need to extract the elements which pass the filter if any of its properties has a value containing the keyword, in this case "Key" therefore it cannot be .Equals or IndexOf.

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1 Answers

Update as per comment

Search string inside another string:

var matchEle = listOfElements
.Where(e => e.Properties().Any(p => p.Name.IndexOf("Key", System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0))
.First();

Old solutions

You have two options, that depends on Name type:
1 - Without IEqualityComparer, and if Name in Properties is a string. replace Contains by Equals like : 

var matchEle = listOfElements
    .Where(e => e.Properties().Any(p => p.Name.Equals("Key", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
    .First();

2 - With IEqualityComparer, and if Name in Properties is a list of string:
2.1 : Create a custom comparer, like:

public class StringIEqualityComparer : IEqualityComparer<string>
{
    public bool Equals(string x, string y)
    {
        return x.Equals(y, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
    }

    public int GetHashCode(string obj)
    {
        return obj.GetHashCode();
    }
}

2.2 : change little your query to :

var matchEle = listOfElements
.Where(e => e.Properties().Any(p => p.Name.Contains("Key", new StringIEqualityComparer())))
.First();

I hope this helps you.

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