Use Linq to entities to filter on alpha and numeric values
I have the following code in my method
MyListViewModel viewModel = new MyListViewModel {
MyList= repository.MyList
.Where(m=> alphaFilter == (string)null || m.Title.StartsWith(alphaFi
this filters the list based on the first character in the string. It works perfectly if the value passed as alphaFilter matches the first character of a the m.title.
My problem is that i want an alpha character to filter on the same character, but i want to be able to pass a "#" character and retrieve all entries that start with a numeric value.
in other words, i want my select list of alphaFilter characters to look like this...
# A B C D
not
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D
I know there is probably an easy solution, but i'm having trouble finding it. Any help would be much appreciated
MyListViewModel viewModel = new MyListViewModel {
MyList= repository.MyList
.Where(m=> alphaFilter == (string)null || m.Title.StartsWith(alphaFi
this filters the list based on the first character in the string. It works perfectly if the value passed as alphaFilter matches the first character of a the m.title.
My problem is that i want an alpha character to filter on the same character, but i want to be able to pass a "#" character and retrieve all entries that start with a numeric value.
in other words, i want my select list of alphaFilter characters to look like this...
# A B C D
not
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D
I know there is probably an easy solution, but i'm having trouble finding it. Any help would be much appreciated
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as for the answer... that's exactly what i needed and I don't believe that i didn't see it myself. Like i said, a simple answer that i was just missing. Thanks for the help.