using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
var numbers = new List<int>() { 1, 2 };
IEnumerable<int> query = numbers.Select(n => n * 10);
foreach (int n in query) Console.Write(n + "|");
numbers.Clear();
foreach (int n in query) Console.Write(n + "|");
}
}
Month: February 2011
Use Aggregate Operators: Count
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
int[] factorsOf300 = { 2, 2, 3, 5, 5 };
int uniqueFactors = factorsOf300.Distinct().Count();
Console.WriteLine("There are {0} unique factors of 300.", uniqueFactors);
}
}
Conditional Count
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
int[] numbers = { 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 6, 7, 2, 0 };
int oddNumbers = numbers.Count(n => n % 2 == 1);
Console.WriteLine("There are {0} odd numbers in the list.", oddNumbers);
}
}
Nested Count
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
List
var orderCounts =
from c in customers
select new { c.CustomerId, OrderCount = c.Orders.Count() };
Console.Write(orderCounts);
}
static List
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.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
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
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
if (other == null)
return 1;
if (this.Id > other.Id)
return 1;
if (this.Id < other.Id) return -1; return 0; } } [/csharp]
Display Linq result in a DataGridView
using System.Drawing;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class Book {
public String Title { get; set; }
public override String ToString() {
return Title;
}
}
public class FormBooks : Form {
static public Book[] Books =
{
new Book {Title="F"},
new Book {Title="B"}
};
public FormBooks() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void FormStrings_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
String[] books = { "F", "A", "B", "R", "B" };
var query =
from book in books
where book.Length > 10
orderby book
select new { Book = book.ToUpper() };
dataGridView1.DataSource = query.ToList();
}
private void InitializeComponent() {
this.dataGridView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView();
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).BeginInit();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// dataGridView1
//
this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize;
this.dataGridView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
this.dataGridView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 10);
this.dataGridView1.Name = "dataGridView1";
this.dataGridView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(272, 251);
this.dataGridView1.TabIndex = 0;
//
// FormStrings
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 271);
this.Controls.Add(this.dataGridView1);
this.Name = "FormStrings";
this.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(10);
this.Text = "FormStrings";
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.FormStrings_Load);
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).EndInit();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dataGridView1;
public static void Main() {
Application.Run(new FormBooks());
}
}
DefaultIfEmpty Demo
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.Where(n => n.Equals("H")).DefaultIfEmpty("Missing").First(); Console.WriteLine(name);
}
}
Without Using DefaultIfEmpty
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 jones = presidents.Where(n => n.Equals("H")).First();
if (jones != null)
Console.WriteLine("H was found");
else
Console.WriteLine("H was not found");
}
}

