Searching if value exists in a list of objects using Linq

Say I have a class Customer which has a property FirstName. Then I have a List<Customer>.

Can LINQ be used to find if the list has a customer with Firstname = 'John' in a single statement.. how?

LINQ defines an extension method that is perfect for solving this exact problem:

using System.Linq;
...
    bool has = list.Any(cus => cus.FirstName == "John");

make sure you reference System.Core.dll, that's where LINQ lives.

zvolkov's answer is the perfect one to find out if there is such a customer. If you need to use the customer afterwards, you can do:

Customer customer = list.FirstOrDefault(cus => cus.FirstName == "John");
if (customer != null)
{
    // Use customer
}

I know this isn't what you were asking, but I thought I'd pre-empt a follow-on question :) (Of course, this only finds the first such customer... to find all of them, just use a normal where clause.)

Searching if value exists in a list of objects using Linq

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