LINQ to Objects Introduction

Example. A Simple LINQ to Objects Query
string[] presidents = {
  "Adams", "Arthur", "Buchanan", "Bush", "Carter", "Cleveland",
  "Clinton", "Coolidge", "Eisenhower", "Fillmore", "Ford", "Garfield",
  "Grant", "Harding", "Harrison", "Hayes", "Hoover", "Jackson",
  "Jefferson", "Johnson", "Kennedy", "Lincoln", "Madison", "McKinley",
  "Monroe", "Nixon", "Pierce", "Polk", "Reagan", "Roosevelt", "Taft",
  "Taylor", "Truman", "Tyler", "Van Buren", "Washington", "Wilson"};
string president = presidents.Where(p => p.StartsWith("Lin")).First();
Console.WriteLine(president);

NOTE

This code has been added to a Visual Studio 2008 console application.

Listing 3-1 shows what LINQ to Objects is all about—performing SQL-like queries on ...

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