ToLookup with int and string : ToLookup « LINQ « C# / CSharp Tutorial






using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Employee {
    public int birthYear;
    public string firstName;
    public string lastName;

    public static Employee[] GetEmployees() {
        Employee[] actors = new Employee[] {
       new Employee { birthYear = 1964, firstName = "K", lastName = "R" },
       new Employee { birthYear = 1968, firstName = "O", lastName = "W" },
       new Employee { birthYear = 1960, firstName = "J", lastName = "S" },
       new Employee { birthYear = 1964, firstName = "S", lastName = "B" },
    };
        return (actors);
    }
}
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        ILookup<int, string> lookup = Employee.GetEmployees()
          .ToLookup(k => k.birthYear,
                    a => string.Format("{0} {1}", a.firstName, a.lastName));

        IEnumerable<string> actors = lookup[1964];
        foreach (var actor in actors)
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", actor);
    }
}








22.24.ToLookup
22.24.1.ToLookup Demo
22.24.2.ToLookup with int and string
22.24.3.Call ILookUp returned from ToLookup to get the IEnumerable
22.24.4.Use ToLookup to search object property