LINQ where or filter c#

Question

I have a collection being returned by a web service. A property of this collection is \"StatusCode\" which is a string value that can be anywhere from 0 to 5 (don\'t ask me why

Answer 1

I recently wrote a blog post about a method using extension methods and params.

By adding this extension method to your code:

public static bool IsIn(this T source, params T[] values)
{
    return values.Contains(source);
}

you can perform your search like this:

var wo = from w in workOrders
    where w.StatusCode.IsIn("0", "1", "2")
    select w;

It works on any type (as long as you create a good equals method). Any value type for sure.