title: Shortest way to initialize a new list from an existing collection (C#)?
body: <p>How can I do the following in C# with less lines of code? I'm just initializing a new list using the fields of elements in an existing collection, but modifying each field before I add it to the list.</p>
  
  <pre><code>            List&lt;string&gt; itemDescriptions = new List&lt;string&gt;();
              foreach (CoolItem item in _coolItems)
              {
                  itemDescriptions.Add("* " + item.Description);
              }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm guessing lambda expressions...</p>