C# 0 The Complete Reference

Name

 and 

InStock

. These are given the values specified by the item’s name and availability. Because 

of the anonymous type, there is no longer any need for the 

Temp

 class.

One other point. Notice the 

foreach

 loop that executes the query. It now uses 

var

 to 

declare the iteration variable. This is necessary because the type of the object contained in 

inStockList

 has no name. This situation is one of the reasons that C# 3.0 added implicitly 

typed variables. They are needed to support anonymous types.

Before moving on, there is one more aspect of anonymous types that warrants a mention. 

In some cases, including the one just shown, you can simplify the syntax of the anonymous 

type through the use of a 

projection initializer.

 In this case, you simply specify the name of 

the initializer by itself. This name automatically becomes the name of the property. For 

example, here is another way to code the 

select

 clause used by the preceding program:

select new { item.Name, entry.InStock };

Here, the property names are still