I have a generic collection of objects and I would like to find the object
by one of it's properties e.g. I would like something with the functionality
of something like list.find(Customer.CustomerID = 1). Is there an easy way
to do this. The stuff with predicates and findall is a little confusing.

"Fresno Bob" <nospam@nospam.comwrote in message
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>I have a generic collection of objects and I would like to find the object
>by one of it's properties e.g. I would like something with the
>functionality of something like list.find(Customer.CustomerID = 1). Is
>there an easy way to do this. The stuff with predicates and findall is a
>little confusing.
>

You don't state your Language or version. In C# 3:-

Customer cust = list.Find(c =c.CustomerID == 1);

In C# 2 you need to bloat the lambda to a delegate:-

Customer cust = list.Find(delegate(Customer c) { return c.CustomerID ==
1;});

I don't do VB so but the principle I'm sure is the same.

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Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET