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Retrieving Property name from lambda expression

April 30, 2022 by IT Nursery

Is there a better way to get the Property name when passed in via a lambda expression? Here is what i currently have. eg. GetSortingInfo<User>(u => u.UserId); It worked by casting it as a memberexpression only when the property was a string. because not all properties are strings i had to use object but then … Read more

Why would you use Expression rather than Func?

April 15, 2022 by IT Nursery

I understand lambdas and the Func and Action delegates. But expressions stump me. In what circumstances would you use an Expression<Func<T>> rather than a plain old Func<T>? 1Best Answer 11 When you want to treat lambda expressions as expression trees and look inside them instead of executing them. For example, LINQ to SQL gets the … Read more