Filter an array of integers with LINQ C# using a lambda expression

Consider the following array of integers:

int[] nums = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 };

Say you want to filter out the odd numbers. One way to achieve this is using LINQ with a lambda expression. You’ll need a delegate that returns a boolean:

public delegate bool IntegerFilter(int i);

The following function accepts an integer array and a delegate and returns the filtered array:

public int[] FilterIntegerArray(int[] ints, IntegerFilter filter)
    {
      List<int> intList = new List<int>;
      foreach (int i in ints)
      {
        if (filter(i))
        {
          intList.Add(i);
        }
      }
      return intList.ToArray();
    }

You can call this method as follows using lambda expression that matches the signature of the delegate:

int[] oddNumbers =
        FilterIntegerArray(nums, i => ((i & 1) == 1) });

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