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From: Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Lambda expressions? LINQ?
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:50:18 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sep 19, 3:33=A0am, "Steve D" <nospam_steve...@comcast.net> wrote:
[snip]
> As Martin guessed it is one statement spread over a few lines.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 string[] names =3D xDoc.Descendants("Layer0Messag=
e")
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .SelectMany(n=
ode =3D>
> node.Attribute("To").Value.Split(' ',',').Where( st =3D> st.Length > 0 ))
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inct().OrderBy(n=3D>n).ToArray();
>
> There is an alternate way of formatting the query... more like SQL, but I
> prefer the version that uses the dot notation.

I'd prefer the other way myself :-)

Could you perhaps post 'the other way' for a comparison?


[snip]
> I just wish my favoriate language had this feature.

Me too - although I can't see how it could be :-(

Cheers
-- Martin