In the following example let is used in two ways:
To create an enumerable type that can itself be queried.
To enable the query to call ToLower only one time on the range variable word. Without using let, you would have to call ToLower in each predicate in the where clause.
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class LetSample1
{
static void Main()
{
string[] strings =
{
"A penny saved is a penny earned.",
"The early bird catches the worm.",
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
};
// Split the sentence into an array of words
// and select those whose first letter is a vowel.
var earlyBirdQuery =
from sentence in strings
let words = sentence.Split(' ')
from word in words
let w = word.ToLower()
where w[0] == 'a' || w[0] == 'e'
|| w[0] == 'i' || w[0] == 'o'
|| w[0] == 'u'
select word;
// Execute the query.
foreach (var v in earlyBirdQuery)
{
Console.WriteLine("\"{0}\" starts with a vowel", v);
}
// Keep the console window open in debug mode.
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
/* Output:
"A" starts with a vowel
"is" starts with a vowel
"a" starts with a vowel
"earned." starts with a vowel
"early" starts with a vowel
"is" starts with a vowel
*/
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