Set a List item in a class to a new list item and add to it in a LINQ query

Question

So lets say I have a class object called SomeObject, and one called NamesObject

    public class NamesObject 
    {
      public string FirstName {get; set;}
      public string LastName {get; set;}
    }

    public class SomeObject
    {
      public List<NamesObject> Names {get; set;}
    }

 

Then I do a LINQ query that ends with a select of a new SomeObject, I want to do something like this, but I can't work it out, or even if you can do it?

var N = (from x in sometable
select new SomeObject {
 Names = new List<NamesObject>().Add(new NamesObject { x.FirstName, x.LastName })
});

Answer 1

Try something like this:

var N = new SomeObject { Names = (from x in sometable select new NamesObject { FirstName = x.FirstName, LastName = x.LastName }).ToList() };