using System;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        var names = new [] 

        {

            "John",

            "Stephen",

            "Joe",

            "Jack",

            "Daniel",

            "Andy"

        };

        var filteredNames = GetNamesStartingWith(2, 'J', names);

        foreach (var name in filteredNames)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(name);

        }

    }

    /*This method will take a name and an array of peoples names and how many names you want back.

    It will then use the first letter of the name supplied to filter the other names down and then only

    return the number of names that equal the number passed in*/

    public static string[] GetNamesStartingWith(int nameCount, char startLetter, String[] nameArray) 

    {

        return nameArray.Where(x => x.StartsWith(startLetter))

            .Take(nameCount)

            .ToArray();

    }

}

​

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