>Hi everybody,
>
>I have a variable items which is List of ItemsList and I want to convert it to List of IGlink . These two classes have similar definitions with some slight differences.
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>
>This is IGlink class:
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>

>public int IglinkId { get; set; } // iglink_id (Primary key)
>        public int IGroupNo { get; set; } // i_group_no. FK to i_group
>        public string Department { get; set; } // department (length: 10). FK to items
>        public string Category { get; set; } // category (length: 10)
>        public string Item { get; set; } // item (length: 10)
>
>        // Foreign keys
>        public virtual IGroup IGroup { get; set; } // FK_i_glink_i_group
>        public virtual Items Items { get; set; } // FK_i_glink_items
>

>
>This is ItemsList class:
>
>

>public string Department { get; set; } // Department (length: 10)
>        public string Category { get; set; } // Category (length: 10)
>        public string Item { get; set; } // Item (length: 10)
>        public int DepartmeId { get; set; } // DepartmeId
>        public int CategoryId { get; set; } // CategoryId
>        public int ItemId { get; set; } // ItemId
>        public string Descrip { get; set; } // Descrip (length: 135)
>        public bool Hidden { get; set; } // Hidden
>

>
>So, I am only interested of using ItemId, Category, Department, Item properties.
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>How can I quickly convert one into another? Using select new ?
>
>Thanks in advance.

For linq, yes, 'select new'
Or you could modify one of the object classes to perform an implicit (or explicit) conversion....