C# EF Linq bitwise question

Question

Ok for example, I am using bitwise like such: Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, Wednesday = 4, Thursday = 8 etc...

I am using an Entity Framework class of Business.

I am using a class and passing in a value like 7 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday).

I want to return records that match any of those days

    public List<Business> GetBusinesses(long daysOfWeek)
    {
         using (var c = Context())
         {
              return c.Businesses.Where(???).ToList();
         }
    }

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT

Ok, so I am attempting the following:

var b = new List<Business>();
var b1 = new Business(){DaysOfWeek = 3};
b.Add(b1);
var b2 = new Business() { DaysOfWeek = 2 };
b.Add(b2);
var decomposedList = new[]{1};
var l = b.Where(o => decomposedList.Any(day => day == o.DaysOfWeek)).ToList(); 

But l returns 0 results assuming in the decomposedList(1) I am looking for monday. I created b1 to contain Monday and Tuesday.

Answer 1

Use the bitwise and operator & to combine your desired flags with the actual flags in the database and then check for a non-zero result.

        var b1 = new { DaysOfWeek = 3 };
        var b2 = new { DaysOfWeek = 2 };
        var b = new[] { b1, b2 };
        var filter = 1;

        var l = b.Where(o => (filter & o.DaysOfWeek) != 0);
        foreach (var x in l)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(x);
        }

If you have an array of filter values simply combined then with an OR | first:

        var filterArray = new []{1, 4};
        var filter = filterArray.Aggregate((x, y) => x | y);