GroupBy and count the unique elements in a List

Question

I have a list that contains only strings. What I would love to do is group by and return a count.

For instance:

Foo1
Foo2
Foo3
Foo1
Foo2 
Foo2
         


        

Answer 1

 var items= myList
    .GroupBy(g => g)
    .Select(t => new {count= t.Count(), key= t.Key });

 foreach (var group in items)
     Console.WriteLine ( group.key + " " + group.count);