Create a loopup from birthday to formatted name in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to create a loopup from birthday to formatted name.

Example


using System;/*ww  w  .ja  v a  2s.co  m*/
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);
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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