Fill object array inside of LINQ Query

Question

How to fill `Object Array` inside a `LINQ Query` Here is my data model ``` public class Test { public string Link { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public string Description { get; set; } public Item[] Items { get; set; } } public class Item { public string Title { get; set; } public string Link { get; set; } public string Guid { get; set; } public DateTime PublishDate { get; set; } public string Description { get; set; } } ``` And here is the Query ``` var data = from feed in feedXml.Descendants("channel") select new Rss { Title = feed.Element("title").Value, Link = feed.Element("link").Value, Description = feed.Element("description").Value, Items = // here i have to fill the array of items }; ``` UPDATE xml formate ``` ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ```

Accepted Answer

You just need to make another query inside of your query. For example if `channel` element contains `item` elements then you can do:

```
Items = feed.Elements("item")
           .Select(x => new Item { // set property values })
           .ToArray()
```

Update: It seems you are reading a `RSS` file, so your query should be something like this:

```
var data = from feed in feedXml.Descendants("channel")
            select new Rss
            {
                Title = (string) feed.Element("title"),
                Link = (string) feed.Element("link"),
                Description = (string) feed.Element("description"),
                Items = feed.Elements("item")
                    .Select(
                        x =>
                            new Item
                            {
                                Title = (string) x.Element("title"),
                                Link = (string) x.Element("link"),
                                Description = (string) x.Element("description"),
                                Guid = (string) x.Element("guid"),
                                PublishDate = (DateTime) x.Element("pubDate")
                            })
                    .ToArray()

};
```

Also I have used explicit cast instead of trying to access `Value` property directly to prevent `NullReferenceException`.

Fill object array inside of LINQ Query

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