Simple LINQ Projection Example

Here is a simple example using LINQ projection. It takes a List<string> that include space-delimited strings, queries them and then project into an IEnumerable<Person>. I then loop through the output sequence and write the results to the console.

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<string> people = new List<string>
                { "Joe Smith 20", "Jim Jackson 30", "Jason Suzuki 40" };
            IEnumerable<Person> query =
                from p in people
                select new Person
                {
                    FirstName = p.Split(' ')[0],
                    LastName = p.Split(' ')[1],
                    Age = Convert.ToInt32(p.Split(' ')[2])
                };
            foreach (Person p in query)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("First Name:\t{0}\r\nLastName:\t{1}\r\nAge:\t\t{2}",
                    p.FirstName, p.LastName, p.Age);
            }
        }
    }

    public class Person
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }