making a list using inner query in Linq in C#

Question

I am trying to create a sublist using Linq but don\'t understand the error in this. I don\'t think i am doing wrong but i think others eye will help me to sort this issue.

Answer 1

dataList is an array, while LINQ returns IEnumerable<string>. Add ToArray to the end of the query:

dataList = (from line in dataList
            let temp = from data in line.Split(';').ToList()
                        where line.Split(';').ToList().IndexOf(data) != 0 || line.Split(';').ToList().IndexOf(data) != 1
                        select data
            select string.Join(",", temp)).ToArray();

Answer 2

When I tried to compile that code you posted I get the following exception:

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' to 'string[]'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

Reason is that you are trying to reuse dataList, but the return types of File.ReadAllLines and string.Join methods don't match. This fixes it:

dataList = (from line in dataList
                   let temp = from data in line.Split(';').ToList()
                              where line.Split(';').ToList().IndexOf(data) != 0 || line.Split(';').ToList().IndexOf(data) != 1
                              select data
                   select string.Join(",", temp)).ToArray();

Cheers,

Answer 3

What version of the .NET Framework are you on? The overload of String.Join that takes an IEnumerable<string> was only introduced in v4.0. If you're on an earlier version it's trying to take that IEnumerable<string> and use it as a string[].

Also (this doesn't fix your problem) I think the || in the 4th line should be a &&.