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How to: Create a List of Items

The code in this topic defines a Student class and creates a list of instances of the class. The list is designed to support the topic Walkthrough: Writing Queries in Visual Basic. It also can be used for any application that requires a list of objects. The code defines the items in the list of students by using object initializers.

Example

If you are working on the walkthrough, you can use this code for the Module1.vb file of the project that is created there. Just replace the lines marked with **** in the Main method with the queries and query executions that are provided in the walkthrough.

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        ' Create a list of students. 
        Dim students = GetStudents()
        ' Display the names in the list.
        DisplayList(students)
        ' ****Paste query and query execution code from the walkthrough, 
        ' ****or any code of your own, here in Main.
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub 

    ' Call DisplayList to see the names of the students in the list. 
    ' You can expand this method to see other student properties. 
    Sub DisplayList(ByVal studentCol As IEnumerable(Of Student))
        For Each st As Student In studentCol
            Console.WriteLine("First Name: " & st.First)
            Console.WriteLine(" Last Name: " & st.Last)
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next 
    End Sub 

    ' Function GetStudents returns a list of Student objects. 
    Function GetStudents() As IEnumerable(Of Student)
        Dim studentList As New System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Student)
        Dim student0 As New Student With {.First = "Michael", _
                                          .Last = "Tucker", _
                                          .Year = "Junior", _
                                          .Rank = 10}
        Dim student1 As New Student With {.First = "Svetlana", _
                                          .Last = "Omelchenko", _
                                          .Year = "Senior", _
                                          .Rank = 2}
        Dim student2 As New Student With {.First = "Michiko", _
                                          .Last = "Osada", _
                                          .Year = "Senior", _
                                          .Rank = 7}
        Dim student3 As New Student With {.First = "Sven", _
                                          .Last = "Mortensen", _
                                          .Year = "Freshman", _
                                          .Rank = 53}
        Dim student4 As New Student With {.First = "Hugo", _
                                          .Last = "Garcia", _
                                          .Year = "Junior", _
                                          .Rank = 16}
        Dim student5 As New Student With {.First = "Cesar", _
                                          .Last = "Garcia", _
                                          .Year = "Freshman", _
                                          .Rank = 4}
        Dim student6 As New Student With {.First = "Fadi", _
                                          .Last = "Fakhouri", _
                                          .Year = "Senior", _
                                          .Rank = 72}
        Dim student7 As New Student With {.First = "Hanying", _
                                          .Last = "Feng", _
                                          .Year = "Senior", _
                                          .Rank = 11}
        Dim student8 As New Student With {.First = "Debra", _
                                          .Last = "Garcia", _
                                          .Year = "Junior", _
                                          .Rank = 41}
        Dim student9 As New Student With {.First = "Lance", _
                                          .Last = "Tucker", _
                                          .Year = "Junior", _
                                          .Rank = 60}
        Dim student10 As New Student With {.First = "Terry", _
                                           .Last = "Adams", _
                                           .Year = "Senior", _
                                           .Rank = 6}
        studentList.Add(student0)
        studentList.Add(student1)
        studentList.Add(student2)
        studentList.Add(student3)
        studentList.Add(student4)
        studentList.Add(student5)
        studentList.Add(student6)
        studentList.Add(student7)
        studentList.Add(student8)
        studentList.Add(student9)
        studentList.Add(student10)
        Return studentList
    End Function 

    ' Each student has a first name, a last name, a class year, and  
    ' a rank that indicates academic ranking in the student body. 
    Public Class Student
        Private _first As String 
        Public Property First() As String 
            Get 
                Return _first
            End Get 
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                _first = value
            End Set 
        End Property 
        Private _last As String 
        Public Property Last() As String 
            Get 
                Return _last
            End Get 
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                _last = value
            End Set 
        End Property 
        Private _year As String 
        Public Property Year() As String 
            Get 
                Return _year
            End Get 
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                _year = value
            End Set 
        End Property 
        Private _rank As Integer 
        Public Property Rank() As Integer 
            Get 
                Return _rank
            End Get 
            Set(ByVal value As Integer)
                _rank = value
            End Set 
        End Property 
    End Class 
End Module

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Writing Queries in Visual Basic

Concepts

Object Initializers: Named and Anonymous Types

Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic

Other Resources

Getting Started with LINQ in Visual Basic

LINQ in Visual Basic

Queries (Visual Basic)