Get query syntax for a LINQ query

Question

I have a linq query that i'd like to get the query syntax for.

var q = customers.Where(x => x.name == "smith");

Is there something like IQueryable.ToQuerySyntaxString()? that would return something like this:

from cust in customers where cust.name == "smith";

I'm asking because I can construct my query using method syntax, but would like to see the query syntax equivalent to help me learn how to write in the alternate form.

Answer 1

It actually works the other way around. When you use the second syntax (from x in y where w), it actually gets compiled into the first (y.Where(x => w)).

I'm sure you could write something to produce the second version using Expression Trees, but I'm not aware of anything in the framework that will do it automatically for you.