How to convert nested foreach loops with conditions to LINQ

Question

I\'d like to ask if it is possible to convert below nested foreach loops to LINQ expression.

public interface IFoo
{
  bool IsCorrect(IFoo foo);
  void DoSom         


        

Answer 1

You can do this but this is not more efficient what you have so far:

var query= listA.SelectMany(a=>listB.Select(b=>new {a,b}))
                .Where(e=>e.b.IsCorrect(e.a))
                .ToList()// Foreach is a method of List<T>
                .Foreach(e=> e.b.DoSomething(e.a));

To avoid to call ToList, you can implement an extension method like this:

public static void ForEach<T>(this System.Collection.Generic.IEnumerable<T> list, System.Action<T> action)
{
    foreach (T item in list)
        action(item);
}

And then your query would be:

var query= listA.SelectMany(a=>listB.Select(b=>new {a,b}))
                .Where(e=>e.b.IsCorrect(e.a))
                .Foreach(e=> e.b.DoSomething(e.a));

Answer 2

With method syntax you would use this query:

var correctPairs = listA
    .SelectMany(a => listB.Where(b => b.IsCorrect(a)).Select(b => new { a, b }));

foreach (var x in correctPairs)
    x.b.DoSomething(x.a);

Answer 3

This should work:

var result =
    from a in listA
    from b in listB
    where b.IsCorrect(a)
    select new {a, b};

foreach (var item in result)
    item.b.DoSomething(item.a);

Answer 4

I'm not sure exactly how far you want to go with this, but this is a Linq statement doing the same thing:

listA.ForEach(a => listB.ForEach(b =>
{
    if (b.IsCorrect(a)) b.DoSomething(a);
}));