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let clause (C# Reference)

In a query expression, it can be useful to store the result of a subexpression so you can use it in later clauses. Use the let keyword to create a new range variable and initialize it with the result of an expression. After you initialize the range variable with a value, you can't assign it another value. However, if the range variable holds a queryable type, you can query it.

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In the following example, let is used in two ways:

  1. It creates an enumerable type that you can query.
  2. It enables the query to call ToLower only one time on the range variable word. Without using let, you'd have to call ToLower in each predicate in the where clause.
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($"\"{v}\" starts with a vowel");
        }
    }
}
/* 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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