The name of the => operator in C# [duplicate]

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What is the => token called?

Hey,

In LINQ what is the name of the => operator e.g:

list.Where(a => a.value == 5);

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It's called the lambda operator and is pronounced "goes to".

From here.

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It's the lambda operator. Or at least, an expression of the form

x => y

(or any of the longer forms involving =>) is a lambda expression. (I don't personally tend to think of it as an operator as such, even though the linked page refers to the lambda operator. The C# 4 spec doesn't contain the phrase "lambda operator" anywhere.)

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The lambda operator.

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You read it as "such that". So your example reads as "list where a such that a dot value equals 5"

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its called ... lambda

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Its used to create delegates or expression tree types, and yes the new term for it is lambda expression