uses group by to partition a list of products by category.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {

List products = GetProductList();

var orderGroups =
from p in products
group p by p.Category into g
select new { Category = g.Key, Products = g };

foreach (var s in orderGroups) {
Console.Write(s.Category);
}
}
static List GetProductList() {
List empTree = new List();
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “A”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 12, UnitsInStock = 5, Total = 36, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “B”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 2, UnitsInStock = 4, Total = 35, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “C”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “D”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “E”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “F”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
return empTree;
}
}
class Product : IComparable {
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public int UnitPrice { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int Total { get; set; }
public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1} , Category: {3}”, this.Id, this.ProductName, this.Category);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Product other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;
if (this.Id > other.Id)
return 1;

if (this.Id < other.Id) return -1; return 0; } } [/csharp]

uses group by to partition a list of each customer's orders, first by year, and then by month.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {

List customers = GetCustomerList();

var customerOrderGroups =
from c in customers
select
new {
c.CompanyName,
YearGroups =
from o in c.Orders
group o by o.OrderDate.Year into yg
select
new {
Year = yg.Key,
MonthGroups =
from o in yg
group o by o.OrderDate.Month into mg
select new { Month = mg.Key, Orders = mg }
}
};

Console.Write(customerOrderGroups);
}
static List GetCustomerList() {
List empTree = new List();
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “A”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 12, UnitsInStock = 5, Total = 36, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “B”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 2, UnitsInStock = 4, Total = 35, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “C”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “D”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “E”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “F”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });

List l = new List();
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “A”, Region = “R1”, UnitsInStock = 1, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 0 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “B”, Region = “R2”, UnitsInStock = 2, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 1 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “C”, Region = “R3”, UnitsInStock = 3, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 2 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “D”, Region = “R4”, UnitsInStock = 4, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 3 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “E”, Region = “R5”, UnitsInStock = 5, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 4 });
return l;
}
}
class Customer : IComparable {
public string CompanyName { get; set; }
public string Region { get; set; }
public List Orders { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int CustomerId { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1}, Region: {3}”, this.CustomerId, this.CompanyName, this.Region);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Customer other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;

if (this.CustomerId > other.CustomerId)
return 1;

if (this.CustomerId < other.CustomerId) return -1; return 0; } } class Product : IComparable {
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public int UnitPrice { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int Total { get; set; }
public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1} , Category: {3}”, this.Id, this.ProductName, this.Category);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Product other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;
if (this.Id > other.Id)
return 1;

if (this.Id < other.Id) return -1; return 0; } } [/csharp]

uses GroupBy to partition trimmed elements of an array using a custom comparer

   
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        string[] anagrams = { "from ", " salt", " earn ", " last ", " near ", " form " };

        var orderGroups = anagrams.GroupBy(
                    w => w.Trim(),
                    a => a.ToUpper(),
                    new AnagramEqualityComparer()
                    );

        foreach (var v in orderGroups) {
            Console.WriteLine(v);
        }
    }

    public class AnagramEqualityComparer : IEqualityComparer<string> {
        public bool Equals(string x, string y) {
            return getCanonicalString(x) == getCanonicalString(y);
        }

        public int GetHashCode(string obj) {
            return getCanonicalString(obj).GetHashCode();
        }

        private string getCanonicalString(string word) {
            char[] wordChars = word.ToCharArray();
            Array.Sort<char>(wordChars);
            return new string(wordChars);
        }
    }
}

    


Use foreach loop to deal with the result from linq

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
List customers = GetCustomerList();
var waCustomers =
from c in customers
where c.Region == “R1”
select c;
foreach (var customer in waCustomers) {
Console.WriteLine(“Customer {0}: {1}”, customer.CustomerId, customer.CompanyName);
foreach (var order in customer.Orders) {
Console.WriteLine(” Order {0}: {1}”, order.Id, order.OrderDate);
}
}
}
static List GetCustomerList() {
List empTree = new List();
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “A”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 12, UnitsInStock = 5, Total = 36, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “B”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 2, UnitsInStock = 4, Total = 35, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “C”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “D”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “E”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “F”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });

List l = new List();
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “A”, Region = “R1”, UnitsInStock = 1, Orders = empTree, CustomerId =0});
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “B”, Region = “R2”, UnitsInStock = 2, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 1 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “C”, Region = “R3”, UnitsInStock = 3, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 2 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “D”, Region = “R4”, UnitsInStock = 4, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 3 });
l.Add(new Customer { CompanyName = “E”, Region = “R5”, UnitsInStock = 5, Orders = empTree, CustomerId = 4 });
return l;
}
}

class Customer : IComparable {
public string CompanyName { get; set; }
public string Region { get; set; }
public List Orders { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int CustomerId { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1}, Region: {3}”, this.CustomerId, this.CompanyName, this.Region);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Customer other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;

if (this.CustomerId > other.CustomerId)
return 1;

if (this.CustomerId < other.CustomerId) return -1; return 0; } } class Product : IComparable {
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public int UnitPrice { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int Total { get; set; }
public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1} , Category: {3}”, this.Id, this.ProductName, this.Category);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Product other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;
if (this.Id > other.Id)
return 1;

if (this.Id < other.Id) return -1; return 0; } } [/csharp]

Select from a Group

   
 
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        var query = from m in typeof(int).GetMethods() select m.Name;
        
        var q = from m in typeof(int).GetMethods()
                group m by m.Name into gb
                select new { Name = gb.Key };
    }
}

    


FirstOrDefault with a Not Found Element

   
 

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] presidents = {"G", "H", "a", "H", "over", "Jack"};
        string name = presidents.Take(0).FirstOrDefault();
        Console.WriteLine(name == null ? "NULL" : name);
    }
}