Quantifier Operations in LINQ

These operators return a Boolean value i.e. True or False when some or all elements within a sequence satisfy a specific condition.

Operator	Description	C# Query Expression Syntax	VB Query Expression Syntax
All	Returns a value ‘True’ if all elements of a sequence satisfy a predicate condition	Not Applicable	Aggregate … In … Into All(…)
Any	Determines by searching a sequence that whether any element of the same satisfy a specified condition	Not Applicable	Aggregate … In … Into Any()
Contains	Returns a ‘True’ value if finds that a specific element is there in a sequence if the sequence doe not contains that specific element , ‘false’ value is returned	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

Example of All - All(Of TSource) Extension Method

VB

Module Module1

   Sub Main()

      Dim barley As New Pet With {.Name = "Barley", .Age = 4}
      Dim boots As New Pet With {.Name = "Boots", .Age = 1}
      Dim whiskers As New Pet With {.Name = "Whiskers", .Age = 6}
      Dim bluemoon As New Pet With {.Name = "Blue Moon", .Age = 9}
      Dim daisy As New Pet With {.Name = "Daisy", .Age = 3}

      Dim charlotte As New Person With {.Name = "Charlotte", .Pets = New Pet() {barley, boots}}
      Dim arlene As New Person With {.Name = "Arlene", .Pets = New Pet() {whiskers}}
      Dim rui As New Person With {.Name = "Rui", .Pets = New Pet() {bluemoon, daisy}}

      Dim people As New System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Person)(New Person() {charlotte, arlene, rui})

      Dim query = From pers In people
                  Where (Aggregate pt In pers.Pets Into All(pt.Age > 2))
                  Select pers.Name

      For Each e In query
         Console.WriteLine("Name = {0}", e)
      Next

      Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Press any key to continue.")
      Console.ReadKey()
	  
   End Sub

   Class Person
      Public Property Name As String
      Public Property Pets As Pet()
   End Class

   Class Pet
      Public Property Name As String
      Public Property Age As Integer
   End Class
   
End Module

When the above code in VB is compiled ad executed, it produces the following result −

Arlene 
Rui 

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Example of Any - Extension Method

VB

Module Module1

   Sub Main()

      Dim barley As New Pet With {.Name = "Barley", .Age = 4}
      Dim boots As New Pet With {.Name = "Boots", .Age = 1}
      Dim whiskers As New Pet With {.Name = "Whiskers", .Age = 6}
      Dim bluemoon As New Pet With {.Name = "Blue Moon", .Age = 9}
      Dim daisy As New Pet With {.Name = "Daisy", .Age = 3}

      Dim charlotte As New Person With {.Name = "Charlotte", .Pets = New Pet() {barley, boots}}
      Dim arlene As New Person With {.Name = "Arlene", .Pets = New Pet() {whiskers}}
      Dim rui As New Person With {.Name = "Rui", .Pets = New Pet() {bluemoon, daisy}}

      Dim people As New System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Person)(New Person() {charlotte, arlene, rui})

      Dim query = From pers In people
                  Where (Aggregate pt In pers.Pets Into Any(pt.Age > 7))
                  Select pers.Name

      For Each e In query
         Console.WriteLine("Name = {0}", e)
      Next

      Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Press any key to continue.")
      Console.ReadKey()
	  
   End Sub

   Class Person
      Public Property Name As String
      Public Property Pets As Pet()
   End Class

   Class Pet
      Public Property Name As String
      Public Property Age As Integer
   End Class
   
End Module

When the above code in VB is compiled ad executed, it produces the following result −

Rui

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