use a string variable as alias

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Hi,
I have a string variable, myFieldname.
How can I use its value as a alias in a linq expression?

string myFieldname = "theName";
var q = (from d in data select new { d.Id, myFieldname = d.Amount });

I want 'theName' be the alias not the 'myFieldname' itself.

Posted 8-Jul-11 20:02pm

mehrdadc48

Updated 8-Jul-11 20:25pm

thatraja

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2011-07-08T20:38:00

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No, you can't do that. To insert a variable in to a string and then execute it, requires the use of reflection. that is to say, d.Amount will be checked against the value in 'myfieldname', not the field named in myFieldname.

Posted 8-Jul-11 20:38pm

Christian Graus

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mehrdadc48 9-Jul-11 2:43am

I meant now the result is:
Id myFieldname
--- -----------------
1 val1
2 val2

but I want to be:
Id theName
--- -----------------
1 val1
2 val2