What does LINQ return when the results are empty

2018-06-19 01:36:34

I have a question about LINQ query. Normally a query returns a IEnumerable type. If the return is empty, not sure if it is null or not. I am not sure if the following ToList() will throw an exception or just a empty List<string> if nothing found in IEnumerable result?

   List<string> list = {"a"};
   // is the result null or something else?
   IEnumerable<string> ilist = from x in list where x == "ABC" select x;
   // Or directly to a list, exception thrown?
   List<string> list1 = (from x in list where x == "ABC" select x).ToList();

I know it is a very simple question, but I don't have VS available for the time being.

It will return an empty enumerable. It wont be null. You can sleep sound :)

You can also check the .Any() method:

if (!YourResult.Any())

Just a note that .Any will still retrieve the records from the database; doing a .FirstOrDefault()/.Where() will be just as much overhead but you would then be able to catch the object(s) returned from the query

var lst = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3 };
var ans = lst.Where( i => i > 3 );

(ans == null).Dump();  // False
(ans.Count() == 0 ).Dump();  // True

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