Queries (Visual Basic)

Visual Basic enables you to create Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) expressions in your code.

In This Section

• Aggregate Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Aggregate clause, which applies one or more aggregate functions to a collection.

• Distinct Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Distinct clause, which restricts the values of the current range variable to eliminate duplicate values in query results.

• From Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the From clause, which specifies a collection and a range variable for a query.

• Group By Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Group By clause, which groups the elements of a query result and can be used to apply aggregate functions to each group.

• Group Join Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Group Join clause, which combines two collections into a single hierarchical collection.

• Join Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Join clause, which combines two collections into a single collection.

• Let Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Let clause, which computes a value and assigns it to a new variable in the query.

• Order By Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Order By clause, which specifies the sort order for columns in a query.

• Select Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Select clause, which declares a set of range variables for a query.

• Skip Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Skip clause, which bypasses a specified number of elements in a collection and then returns the remaining elements.

• Skip While Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Skip While clause, which bypasses elements in a collection as long as a specified condition is true and then returns the remaining elements.

• Take Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Take clause, which returns a specified number of contiguous elements from the start of a collection.

• Take While Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Take While clause, which includes elements in a collection as long as a specified condition is true and bypasses the remaining elements.

• Where Clause (Visual Basic)
  Describes the Where clause, which specifies a filtering condition for a query.

See Also

Concepts

Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic

Other Resources

LINQ in Visual Basic