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Anonymous types as properties in LINQ

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Notice that the property name declared (foo) is used later in the query for the ORDERBY operator and SELECT statement.

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  1. using (var context = new SampleEntities())
  2. 			{
  3. 				var contacts = from c in context.Contacts
  4. 							   where c.FirstName == "Robert"
  5. 							   let foo = new
  6. 							   {
  7. 								   ContactName = new { c.Title, c.LastName, c.FirstName },
  8. 								   c.Addresses
  9. 							   }
  10. 							   orderby foo.ContactName.LastName
  11. 							   select foo;
  12.  
  13. 				foreach (var contact in contacts)
  14. 				{
  15. 					var name = contact.ContactName;
  16. 					Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}: # Addresses {3}",
  17. 						name.Title.Trim(), name.FirstName.Trim(),
  18. 						name.LastName.Trim(), contact.Addresses.Count());
  19. 				}
  20. 			}

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