Lambda “if” statement?

Question

I have 2 objects, both of which I want to convert to dictionarys. I use toDictionary<>().

The lambda expression for one object to get the key is (i => i.name). For th

Answer 1

Yes, the conditional operator ("ternary operator") does what you want:

(i => i.name != null ? i.name : i.inner.name)

Assuming, of course, that you can detect the "existence" of the name by checking for null.

Edit: In that case, Kirschstein's answer is better, of course.