string[] colors = { "green", "brown", "blue", "red" }; var query = from c in colors where c.Length > 3 orderby c.Length select c; What type is query?

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string[] colors = { "green", "brown", "blue", "red" };

var query = from c in colors
            where c.Length > 3
            orderby c.Length
            select c;

What type is query?

int

string

IEnumerable<int>

IEnumerable<string>

IQueryable<string>

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The compiler translates this query to:

IEnumerable<string> query = colors.Where (c => c.Length > 3).OrderBy (c => c.Length);

The Where and OrderBy methods, in this case, resolve to Enumerable.Where and Enumerable.OrderBy, which both return IEnumerable<T>. T is inferred to be string because we haven't transformed or projected the input sequence elements in any way.