How can I write Take(1) in query syntax

Question

Is it possible to write IQueryable<MyObject> = query.Take(1) or something equivalent in LINQ query syntax. I'm using C# 5 and EF 5.

Answer 1

There is no equivalent to Take in the query expression syntax for LINQ in C#. The only methods that have query expression equivalents are

Where, Select, SelectMany, Join, GroupJoin, OrderBy, OrderByDescending, ThenBy, ThenByDescending, GroupBy, Cast 

This is from §7.16.2 of the specification.

Answer 2

No. You have to use the dot syntax for that operation. Same goes for ToList, Count, etc...

var query =     (from item in list      where predicate(item)      select func(item))     .Take(10);