ArrayList C# Contains method query

Question

I have an ObservableCollection<myClass> list. It contains a 10 objects of type MyClass.

class MyClass
{
  string name;
  int age;
}

If I want to find all items in list where age = 10, can I use the Contains method? If yes how can I do this without using iteration?

Answer 1

var age10 = list.Where(i => i.age == 10);

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Answer 2

No, Contains only looks for a specific value, not something matching a predicate. It also only finds one value rather than every matching value.

You can, however, use Where from LINQ to Objects, assuming you're on .NET 3.5 or higher:

foreach (var item in list.Where(x => x.Age == 10))
{
    // Do something with item
}

Answer 3

Since ObservableCollection<T> implements Collection<T> which implements IEnumerable<T>...you can use the LINQ to Object extension methods to make this simple (even though it will use iteration in the background):

var results = list.Where(m => m.age == 10);

Answer 4

You can use linq to do this but not Contains

 var foo = from bar in myCollection where bar.age == 10 select bar;