Search list of objects based on object variable

Question

I have a list of objects. These objects have three variables, ID, Name, & value. There can be a lot of objects in this list, and I need to find one based on the ID or Name

Answer 1

You could use LINQ to find it, then change the element directly:

var item = TextPool.FirstOrDefault(o => o.Name == "test");
if (item != null)
       item.value = "Value";

If you wanted to change all elements that match, you could, potentially, even do:

TextPool.Where(o => o.Name == "test").ToList().ForEach(o => o.value = "Value");

However, I personally would rather split it up, as I feel the second option is less maintainable (doing operations which cause side effects directly on the query result "smells" to me)...