How do I add a List to an anonymous object in C#?

Question

Let's say I have a list:

var list = new List<int>{1,2,3};

How do I add this to an anonymous object such that the object would look like:

{ list : [1,2,3] }

Do you mean it would look like this when you serialize it to a JSON? — Yuval Itzchakov, Feb 01 '15 at 08:47
whats' wrong with `var list = new List{1,2,3}; var myObj = new { list };` — zaitsman, Feb 01 '15 at 08:47
Yes I wanted to serialize it to JSON. Thanks for the answers, when I was reading documentation I didn't realize I could just do `new {list = list}` — user3912349, Feb 01 '15 at 09:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '15 at 08:47

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var obj = new 
{
    list = list
};

obj is now an anonymous object with a property called list of type List<int>.

answered Feb 01 '15 at 08:47

Darin Dimitrov

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '15 at 08:48

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By creating the anonymous object:

var anon = new { list }

I assume that by saying you want it to look like this:

{ list : [1,2,3] }

you are talking about the output of a JSON serialization, in which it would look like once you serialize.

answered Feb 01 '15 at 08:48

Yuval Itzchakov

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