List with two columns using partial search

I have a list with 2 columns and trying to use contains to search partially. Emp contains id and name. 

var list = new List<Emp>();
list = list.Any(o => o.Contains(new Emp{ Name = name }));

However it is throwing an error: cannot convert from Emp to system.Linq. Iqueryable

any input on this will be helpful

Thanks in advance

Jon Skeet
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It's not clear what exactly you're trying to do. You might want:

list = list.Where(emp => emp.Name == name).ToList();

or perhaps

list = list.Where(emp => emp.Name.Contains(name)).ToList();

It's not at all clear why you'd be trying to use Any though.

EDIT: Given the comment, I suspect you really want:

list = list.Where(emp => emp.Name.StartsWith(name)).ToList();

(You might need to make it case-insensitive though.)

Or if you need to check each part of the name, you could either use a regular expression or:

list = list.Where(emp => emp.Name.Split(' ')
                            .Any(x => x.StartsWith(name))).ToList();

This last approach will be really inefficient though, as it will split each name each time you look through it... you could potentially make your Emp objects immutable and cache the split form. Or look into a regular expression version. Either way, you probably don't just want string.Contains as that will find matches anywhere in the name.

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