Can I have an incrementing count variable in LINQ?

Question

I want to do something like this:

from a in stuff
let counter = 0
select new { count = counter++, a.Name };

But I get a error telling me that c

Answer 1

If you truly want it to be a counter, and not just an index, then just move the counter declaration outside the LINQ expression

var counter = 0;
from a in stuff
select new { count = counter++; a.Name };