[Solved] Class list to string array, Linq?

Code (CSharp):

1.     public class Player
2.     {
3.         public string Name;
4.         public int level;
5.     }
6.  
7. public List<Player> players = new List<Player>();
8.  

How i would like a string array of all the player names, first i was thinking like:

Code (CSharp):

1. return players.SelectMany(p => p.Name).ToArray();

But this will return a Char[] not a string array..
What im i missing?

Note: Yes i did google for about 30 minutes but did not find the answer...

 

If you're making a game and just want to get it done: foreach(Player p in players) playerNames.Add(p.name);

 

Hehe yes thats what i had first, but must be a better way.

 

You want Select, not SelectMany.

The difference is:

Code (csharp):

1. //assume player has an inventory:
2.  
3. public class Player {
4.     public string name;
5.     public int level;
6.     public List<Item> inventory;
7.  
8.     void Example(List<Player> players) {
9.         //Select would just grab an IEnumerable of all the inventories
10.         IEnumerable<List<Item>> inventories = players.Select(player => player.inventory);
11.  
12.         //While SelectMany flattens the inventoryies, and gives you the items:
13.         IEnumerable<Item> items = players.SelectMany(player => player.inventory);
14.     }
15. }

What happens when you SelectMany the name is that a string is a char array, so those arrays gets flattened into one long array.

 

Thank you, that's what i needed, for some reason i was thinking select only selected one item.

 

Depends on better. I'm pretty sure a simple loop runs faster -- it's doing less work than Linq. But even in games speed isn't that important in 90% of the code.

Linq might be a tiny bit less error-prone. And more readable _if_ everyone knows those commands -- the "Select" would tend to jump out.