using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var things = new List<Thing>();

        things.Add(new Thing("Foo", 1));

        things.Add(new Thing("Bar", 2));

        var itemCount = 10;

        Console.WriteLine("Try 1");

        // Like original code?

        foreach (var item in System.Linq.Enumerable.OrderBy(things, p => p.Name).Take(itemCount)) {

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Name: {0}, Value: {1}", item.Name, item.Value));

        }

        Console.WriteLine("Try 2");

        foreach (var item in things.OrderBy(p => p.Name).Take(itemCount)) {

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Name: {0}, Value: {1}", item.Name, item.Value));

        }

    }

}

​

public class Thing {

    public string Name {get; set;}

    public int Value {get; set;}

    public Thing(string name, int value){

        Name = name;

        Value = value;

    }

}

​

​