Use condition with Count operator
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; class Program//from w ww . j a v a 2s. c o m { static void Main(string[] args) { string[] codeNames = {"Python", "Java", "Javascript", "Bash", "C++", "Oracle"}; int count = codeNames.Count(s => s.StartsWith("J")); Console.WriteLine(count); } }