C# and LINQ – Filter elements from object collection using where clause

Posted by AbundantCode

Here’s a sample code snippet demonstrating how to filter elements from a list of objects using the where clause using LINQ in C#. This sample gets all the employees who salary is greater than 20000 GBP.

How to Filter Employees List whose salary is greater than 20000 GBP using LINQ in C# ?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;

namespace AbundantcodeCsharpSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();
            employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Michael", Age = 55, Salary = 80000 });
            employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Steve", Age = 23, Salary = 19000 });
            employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "John", Age = 55, Salary = 23000 });
            var output = from m in employees
                         where m.Salary > 20000
                         select m;
            Debug.WriteLine("Employees whose salary is greater than 20000 pounds");
            foreach (var item in output)
                Debug.WriteLine(item.Name);
        }
    }
    class Employee
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
        public decimal Salary { get; set; }
    }
}

Output

Employees whose salary is greater than 20000 pounds

Michael

John

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