Mega Code Archive
0523 Query Reuse
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public void Linq101()
{
// Deferred execution lets us define a query once
// and then reuse it later after data changes.
int[] numbers = new int[] { 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 6, 7, 2, 0 };
var lowNumbers =
from n in numbers
where n <= 3
select n;
Console.WriteLine("First run numbers <= 3:");
foreach (int n in lowNumbers)
{
Console.WriteLine(n);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
numbers[i] = -numbers[i];
}
// During this second run, the same query object,
// lowNumbers, will be iterating over the new state
// of numbers[], producing different results:
Console.WriteLine("Second run numbers <= 3:");
foreach (int n in lowNumbers)
{
Console.WriteLine(n);
}
}
Result
First run numbers <= 3:
1
3
2
0
Second run numbers <= 3:
-5
-4
-1
-3
-9
-8
-6
-7
-2
0
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