How to enumerate through an anonymously-typed collection?

Question

This is what I have:

List<Person> list = new List<Person>()
{
    new Person { Name="test", Age=1 },
    new Person { Name="tester", Age=2 }
};

var items = list.Select(x =>
{
    return new
    {
        Name = x.Name
    };
});

foreach (object o in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine(o.GetType().GetProperty("Name").GetValue(o, null));
}

I feel like I'm not doing it correctly.

Is there a simpler way to access properties of anonymous types in a collection?

Answer 1

Use the var keyword in the foreach line as well, instead of the general object type. The compiler will then automatically resolve the anonymous type and all its members, so you can access the properties directly by name.

foreach (var o in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine(o.Name);
}

Answer 2

var items = list.Select(x =>new { Name = x.Name });
        foreach (var o in items)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(o.Name);
        }

Just use var and you'll have complete type support