linq query to return distinct field values from a list of objects

Question

class obj
{
    int typeId; //10 types  0-9 
    string uniqueString; //this is unique
}

Assume there is list with 100 elements of obj, but only 10

Answer 1

I wanted to bind a particular data to dropdown and it should be distinct. I did the following:

List classDetails;
List classDetailsData = classDetails.Select(dt => dt.Data).Distinct.ToList();
ddlData.DataSource = classDetailsData;
ddlData.Databind();

See if it helps