How to do a Simple Select using LINQ in C#?

A simple select is classified under Projection Operators in LINQ. Below is a sample that just selects the array of numbers from an array using LINQ Select statement

public void Linq() 
{ 
    int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 3 }; 
  
    var selctedNumbers = 
        from n in numbers 
        select n; 
  
    Console.WriteLine("Selected Numbers:"); 
    foreach (var i in selctedNumbers) 
    { 
        Console.WriteLine(i); 
    } 
}

Result

Numbers:
1
2
3

Below is a sample to select to return a sequence of just the names of a list of Employees using LINQ Select statement

public void Linq() 
{ 
    List Employees = GetEmployeeList(); 
  
    var employeeNames = 
        from e in Employees 
        select e.EmployeeName; 
  
    Console.WriteLine("Employee Names:"); 
    foreach (var employeeName in employeeNames) 
    { 
        Console.WriteLine(employeeName); 
    } 
}

Result

Employee Names:
David
Ajith
Susan