Linq in selecting item from ListViewItemCollections in c#

Question

how to select a ListViewItem from ListViewItemCollections using Linq in C#?

i tried on using this but it didn't work..

ListViewItemCollections lv = listview1.items;

var test = from xxx in lv where xxx.text = "data 1" select xxx;


test   <--- now has the listviewitem with "data 1" as string value..

Answer 1

To get an enumerator of ListViewItem, you have to cast the Items collection of ListView:

IEnumerable<ListViewItem> lv = listview1.items.Cast<ListViewItem>();

Then, you can use LINQ with it:

 var test = from xxx in lv 
            where xxx.text = "data 1" 
            select xxx;