LINQ can be used to query and transform strings and collections of strings. It can be especially useful with semi-structured data in text files. LINQ queries can be combined with traditional string ...

Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) adds query capabilities to [!INCLUDE vbprvb] and provides simple and powerful capabilities when you work with all kinds of data.

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Here's a common problem: finding or presenting two collections of related objects where one collection is missing some items. Examples include listing all Customers with their SalesOrders, including ...

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for .NET and its System.Query, System.Data.DLink, and System.Xml.XLink classes enable relational-to-object and XML-to-object mapping with first-class CLR data types.