I'd suggest using such extension method:
public static class DataColumnCollectionExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<DataColumn> AsEnumerable(this DataColumnCollection source)
{
return source.Cast<DataColumn>();
}
}
And therefore:
string[] columnNames = dataTable.Columns.AsEnumerable().Select(column => column.Name).ToArray();
You may also implement one more extension method for DataTable class to reduce code:
public static class DataTableExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<DataColumn> GetColumns(this DataTable source)
{
return source.Columns.AsEnumerable();
}
}
And use it as follows:
string[] columnNames = dataTable.GetColumns().Select(column => column.Name).ToArray();