How to get a particular datacolumn values from datatable using LINQ in C#

In this blog you wil see how to get a particular datacolumn values from datatable using LINQ in C#

I have created a datatable named “Employees” which has the following columns and rows as shown in Figure.

Here you will see how to get only the Name datacolumn values from Employees datatable using LINQ.

Code Snippet:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Data;   namespace LINQinDatatable {     class Program     {         static void Main(string[] args)         {             //Create a datatable             DataTable dtEmployees = new DataTable("Employees");                        //Create a datacolumn to store Employee name values             DataColumn dcName = new DataColumn("Name");             //Create a datacolumn to store Employee designation values             DataColumn dcDesignation = new DataColumn("Designation");             //Create a datacolumn to store Employee location values             DataColumn dcLocation = new DataColumn("Location");                         //Add the datacolumns to the datatable                       dtEmployees.Columns.Add(dcName);             dtEmployees.Columns.Add(dcDesignation);             dtEmployees.Columns.Add(dcLocation);               //Create datarows             DataRow drEmployee = dtEmployees.NewRow();                      drEmployee[dcName] = "Vijai";             drEmployee[dcDesignation] = "Associate";             drEmployee[dcLocation] = "Bangalore";               DataRow drEmployee1 = dtEmployees.NewRow();                       drEmployee1[dcName] = "Anand";             drEmployee1[dcDesignation] = "Associate";             drEmployee1[dcLocation] = "Chennai";               //Add the datarow to the datatable             dtEmployees.Rows.Add(drEmployee);             dtEmployees.Rows.Add(drEmployee1);                        //LINQ to query to get a particular datatcolumn values from datatable             IEnumerable < string > query = from dt in dtEmployees.AsEnumerable()                                      select dt.Field<string>("Name");               //Get all the employee Names from datatble             foreach (string employeeName in query)             {                 Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------");                 Console.WriteLine(employeeName);                          }             Console.ReadLine();         }     } }