LINQ Dynamic field in .Where statement

Question

How to use dynamic field name in where statement?

example: I can use,

MyList.Where(x => x.Name == "MyName");

but how to use like this?

string MyField = "Name";
MyList.Where(x => MyField == "MyName");

Answer 1

You could use PropertyInfo from System.Reflection and use its GetValue() method :)

PropertyInfo inf = typeof(YourClass).GetProperty("PropertyName");
MyList.Where(x => inf.GetValue(x) == "MyName");

For it to work, of course the variable Name should be a Property like so :

public string Name { get; set; } 

Hope it helped :)