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Getting Data From Linq

Given a Linq query, is there a way to get data from a specific row and column ?

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myCell = Query.RowIndex(4).ColumnIndex(6)
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It would helpful to know the structure of the data source that you are querying. Generally speaking, there is no concept of "row" and "column" in LINQ. You simply have an IEnumerable of objects that have properties. The closest concept to "row" and "column" would be that the row is the sequence number (or index) of the record within the IEnumerable, and the column would be the specific property. Properties can be defined in any order within a class, so it would be difficult to know the ordering of how they were selected by the query simply by looking at the class definition.
Hi Dodsworth;

Not that simple but it can be done. I am going to assume that the data source of the Linq query is a DataTable object and the Linq query assigns the results to the variable c and c is of type List<DataRow>. Now because the DataRow's in the list do not have a RowIndex property you will need to find that out.

// Getting the RowIndex of a DataRow first get the table it is assigned to
DataTable table = c[index In List].Table;
// Get the RowIndex of the DataRow in list c
int rowIndex = table.Rows.IndexOf(results[index In List])
// Select the column index you want and get cell value, assuming index 2
var myCell = table.Rows[rowIndex].ItemArray[2];

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I have the "row" issue sorted.  Is there a way to get a property value at a given property index ?
What business goal are you trying to achieve? Perhaps there is a better, more stable design that could accommodate what you are after.
Hi Dodsworth;

You still have not indicated weather my assumption is correct so in answer to your last  post the value of the cell can be found from the last line in my last post.
I don't think DataTable is available in the framework that I'm using.
What is the data type of the variable query in your original question.
Query is the Linq definition.
The variable query is of some data type. If you do not know what the data type is please post the actual code with declarations so that we can determine what is going on.
Sorry to confuse.  Looking back, I could have worded it better!  There is no actual code.

myCell = query.RowIndex(4).ColumnIndex(6)

was to give an idea of what I wanted to achieve, where query could be

Dim query = From d in dc.Items
Then this question becomes difficult to answer because Linq has many dialects. Just as a spoken language may have many dialects for example Spanish is spoken in Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico, South American countries and they all have words that mean one thing in one dialect of the language but does not have the same meaning in another dialects of the language. For example In Linq to Entity Framework and Linq to SQL you can't use the ToString method call within the query where as in Linq to Object it is fine to do so.
Ok lets backtrack to Kaufmed's comment .
What business goal are you trying to achieve?

I have an XAML page with UI elements bound to a Linq derived DataContext that allows the user to Next/Previous through the query results and modify the data where necessary.

The problem is that some of the controls need to be a ListPicker (like a combobox) control, so the user can select from a range of valid entries when they want to change the data.

As the ListPicker is bound to a lookup datasource, I need a method to 'discover' the value from the page of the current value to set the ListPicker to the correct value when the user is just browsing rather than changing the value.
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