asked on 3/29/2017

linq .concat equivalent with expression syntax

So i'm trying to familiarize myself with the expression syntax of linq, you know the upside down SQL stuff; it's a bit of a change from the method based which i'm used to, but not too bad; however i can't for the life of me figure out the equivalent of the following

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var nums = Enumerable.Range(0, 10);
        var chars = "Hello world".ToCharArray();
        var names = new string[] {"Pawel", "Magda", "Tomek" };

        var result = nums.Select(n => n.ToString()).Concat(names).Concat(chars.Select(c => c.ToString()));

        Array.ForEach(result.ToArray(), s => Console.Write(s + ", "));
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

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in the expression syntax.

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Fernando Soto

3/30/2017

Paweł

3/29/2017

ASKER

So this mixed syntax is the best i've come up with

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var nums = Enumerable.Range(0, 10);
        var chars = "Hello world".ToCharArray();
        var names = new string[] { "Pawel", "Magda", "Tomek" };

        var result1 = (from n in nums
                        select n.ToString())
                        .Concat(from c in chars
                                select c.ToString())
                        .Concat(names);

        Array.ForEach(result1.ToArray(), n => Console.Write(n + ", "));
        Console.WriteLine();


        var result2 = nums.Select(n => n.ToString())
            .Concat(chars.Select(c => c.ToString()))
            .Concat(names);

        Array.ForEach(result2.ToArray(), s => Console.Write(s + ", "));
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}