How to check list A contains any value from list B?

List A:

1, 2, 3, 4

List B:

2, 5

How to check if list A contains any value from list B?

e.g. something like A.contains(a=>a.id = B.id)?

If you didn't care about performance, you could try:

a.Any(item => b.Contains(item))
// or, as in the column using a method group
a.Any(b.Contains)

But I would try this first:

a.Intersect(b).Any()

I've profiled Justins two solutions. a.Any(a => b.Contains(a)) is fastest.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace AnswersOnSO
{
    public class Class1
    {
        public static void Main(string []args)
        {
//            How to check if list A contains any value from list B?
//            e.g. something like A.contains(a=>a.id = B.id)?
            var a = new List<int> {1,2,3,4};
            var b = new List<int> {2,5};
            var times = 10000000;

            DateTime dtAny = DateTime.Now;
            for (var i = 0; i < times; i++)
            {
                var aContainsBElements = a.Any(b.Contains);
            }
            var timeAny = (DateTime.Now - dtAny).TotalSeconds;

            DateTime dtIntersect = DateTime.Now;
            for (var i = 0; i < times; i++)
            {
                var aContainsBElements = a.Intersect(b).Any();
            }
            var timeIntersect = (DateTime.Now - dtIntersect).TotalSeconds;

            // timeAny: 1.1470656 secs
            // timeIn.: 3.1431798 secs
        }
    }
}