Understanding and Programming with Anonymous Types in C# View Article Information Posted Date: 1. May 2014 Author: Anil Sharma Categories: .Net Framework, LINQ, C Sharp Keywords: Anonymous Types, Lamba Expressions, Anonymous Methods, Generic Anonymous Methods Anonymous types use the keyword var. Var is also used in Pascal and Delphi today, but var in Delphi is like ByRef in Visual Basic (VB) or ref in C#. The var introduced with .NET 3.5 indicates an anonymous type. Now, our VB friends are going to think, “Well, we have had variants for years in VB.” But var is not a dumbing down and clogging up of C#. Anonymous types are something new and necessary. [Continue Reading]