How to find employees whose names start and end with the same?

Short answer: How to find employees whose names start and end with the same letter? var filtered = employees .Where(e => e.Name.StartsWith(e.Name.Last().ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)); foreach (var emp in filtered) Console.WriteLine(emp.Name); How to find employees whose names start and end with the same letter?

Real-world example (ShopNest)

ShopNest uses LINQ to query orders: filter by date, project to a summary DTO, and order by total—readable C# that becomes SQL under EF Core.

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1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.