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string[] names = {"Michael", "Long"};

IEnumerable<string> query = names
.Where(n=>n.Contains("o"))
.OrderBy(n=>n.Length)
.Select(n=>n.ToUpper());

query.Dump();

// same query as above
IEnumerable<string>filtered = names.Where(n=>n.Contains("o"));
IEnumerable<string>sorted = filtered.OrderBy(n=>n.Length);
IEnumerable<string>finalQuery = sorted.Select(n=>n.ToUpper());

filtered.Dump("Filtered");
sorted.Dump("Sorted");
finalQuery.Dump("FinalQuery");