To write a linq query to get selected name count

Question

Here I need to get the total count of name Murugan my output should be "2" . How to write Linq Query for that

Linq:

Person[] names = {new Person { Name = "Murugan", Money = 15000 },
                                 new Person{Name="Vel",Money=17000},
                                 new Person{Name="Murugan",Money=1000},
                                  new Person{Name="Subramani",Money=18000},
                                 new Person{Name="Vel",Money=2500}};
var result = from val in names
         where val.Name == "Murugan" 
         select val;
Console.WriteLine(result);
Console.ReadLine();

Answer 1

try this:

var count = names.Count(x=>x.Name=="Murugan");

Answer 2

You can use this,

var result = (from val in names
                          where val.Name == "Murugan"
                          select val).Count();