using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; public class Test { public static void Main() { var listOfArrays = new List { new[] {"1", "A", "X"}, new[] {"2", "B", "Y"}, new[] {"3", "C", "Z"} }; var myListOfStrings = listOfArrays.Select(a => a[1]).ToList(); foreach (var s in myListOfStrings) { Console.WriteLine(s); } } }