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C# 3.0 Pocket Reference includes plenty of illustrations and code examples to explain:

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• The fundamentals of LINQ, starting with the principles of sequences, deferred execution & standard query operators, and finishing with a complete reference to query syntax—including multiple generators, joining, grouping and query continuations

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• All of LINQ’s 40+ query operators

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