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