sorted alphabetically in descending order, using a case insensitive comparision.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class CaseInsensitiveComparer : IComparer<string> {
    public int Compare(string x, string y) {
        return string.Compare(x, y, true);
    }
}

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        string[] words = { "a", "A", "b", "B", "C", "c" };

        var sortedWords = words.OrderByDescending(a => a, new CaseInsensitiveComparer());

    }
}

    


string array sorted by the length each element

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        string[] words = { "abc", "bcd", "def" };

        var sortedWords =
            from w in words
            orderby w.Length
            select w;

        Console.WriteLine("The sorted list of words (by length):");
        foreach (var w in sortedWords) {
            Console.WriteLine(w);
        }
    }
}

    


an untidy nested query

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] names = { "Tom", "Dick", "Harry", "Mary", "Jay" };

        IEnumerable<string> query =
          Enumerable.Select(
            Enumerable.OrderBy(
              Enumerable.Where(
                names, n => n.Contains("a")
              ), n => n.Length
            ), n => n.ToUpper()
          );
    }
}

    


Query an array of object by its property value

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Drawing;
public class Book {
    public String Title { get; set; }

    public override String ToString() {
        return Title;
    }
}

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Book[] books = {
      new Book { Title="A" },
      new Book { Title="F" },
      new Book { Title="E" } };

        var titles =
          books
            .Where(book => book.Title.Contains("A"))
            .Select(book => book.Title);

    }
}

    


Select object in a List

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

class Person {
    int _id;
    int _idRole;
    string _lastName;
    string _firstName;

    public int ID {
        get { return _id; }
        set { _id = value; }
    }

    public int IDRole {
        get { return _idRole; }
        set { _idRole = value; }
    }

    public string LastName {
        get { return _lastName; }
        set { _lastName = value; }
    }

    public string FirstName {
        get { return _firstName; }
        set { _firstName = value; }
    }
}
class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        List<Person> people = new List<Person> {
               new Person { ID = 1, IDRole = 1, LastName = "A", FirstName = "B"},
               new Person { ID = 2, IDRole = 2, LastName = "G", FirstName = "T"},
               new Person { ID = 3, IDRole = 2, LastName = "G", FirstName = "M"},
               new Person { ID = 4, IDRole = 3, LastName = "C", FirstName = "G"}
            };
        var query = from p in people select p;
    }
}

    


Query by Person's FirstName

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

class Person {
    int _id;
    int _idRole;
    string _lastName;
    string _firstName;

    public int ID {
        get { return _id; }
        set { _id = value; }
    }

    public int IDRole {
        get { return _idRole; }
        set { _idRole = value; }
    }

    public string LastName {
        get { return _lastName; }
        set { _lastName = value; }
    }

    public string FirstName {
        get { return _firstName; }
        set { _firstName = value; }
    }
}
class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        List<Person> people = new List<Person> {
               new Person { ID = 1, IDRole = 1, LastName = "A", FirstName = "B"},
               new Person { ID = 2, IDRole = 2, LastName = "G", FirstName = "T"},
               new Person { ID = 3, IDRole = 2, LastName = "G", FirstName = "M"},
               new Person { ID = 4, IDRole = 3, LastName = "C", FirstName = "G"}
            };

        var query = from p in people
                    where p.FirstName == "B"
                    select p;

    }
}