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

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        List<Product> products = GetProductList();

        var categories =
           from p in products
           group p by p.Category into g
           select new { Category = g.Key, TotalUnitsInStock = g.Min(p => p.UnitsInStock) };

        Console.Write(categories);
    }
    static List<Product> GetProductList() {
        List<Product> empTree = new List<Product>();
        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 = 2 });
        empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = "C", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 3 });
        empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = "D", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 4 });
        empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = "E", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 5 });
        empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = "F", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 6 });
        return empTree;
    }
    static List<Customer> GetCustomerList() {
        List<Product> empTree = new List<Product>();
        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<Customer> l = new List<Customer>();
        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<Customer> {
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
    public string Region { get; set; }
    public List<Product> 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<Customer>.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<Product> {
    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<Product>.CompareTo(Product other) {
        if (other == null)
            return 1;
        if (this.Id > other.Id)
            return 1;

        if (this.Id < other.Id)
            return -1;

        return 0;
    }
}








22.55.Min
22.55.1.First Min Prototype
22.55.2.Min with string value
22.55.3.Min with object property
22.55.4.Min with string property value
22.55.5.Using Min to get the lowest number in an integer array.
22.55.6.Using Min to get the length of the shortest word in a string array.
22.55.7.Grouped Min
22.55.8.Numeric Aggregates: Min