Linq distinct - Count

Question

I am looking to perform a query on an example list of objects

Date     Username

01/01/2011 james
01/01/2011 jamie
01/01/2011 alex
01/01/2011 james
02/01/201         


        

Answer 1

I realize this is an ancient question but I ran across it and saw the comment about wanting method syntax and couldn't help myself to answer it... I may have a coding disorder.

In query syntax it looks like this... note that there is no query syntax for Distinct and Count

from l in logins
group l by l.Date into g
select new
{
    Date = g.Key,
    Count = (from l in g select l.Login).Distinct().Count() 
};

For a side by side comparison to the original method syntax (which personally I like better) here you go...

logins
  .GroupBy(l => l.Date)
  .Select(g => new
  {
    Date = g.Key,
    Count = g.Select(l => l.Login).Distinct().Count()
  });

Answer 2

Another way to solve this is to group twice, check the sample

          var dist = listLogins.GroupBy(d => d.date + d.Username)
              .Select(x => x.First())
              .GroupBy(d => d.date).Select(y => new { date = y.Key, count = y.Count() }).ToList();

Answer 3

Can be done within single GroupBy call,

  var Query = list.GroupBy(
                 (item => item.DateTime),
                 (key, elements) => new  { 
                                          key = key,
                                          count = elements
                                                  .Distinct()
                                                  .Count()
                                         }
                 );

Answer 4

Something like this maybe?

var list = new List<MyClass>(new[] {
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("01/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("01/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("01/01/2011"), Username = "alex" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("01/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "matt" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "jamie" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "alex" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "lucy" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("02/01/2011"), Username = "alex" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("03/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("03/01/2011"), Username = "bob" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("03/01/2011"), Username = "bob" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("03/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("03/01/2011"), Username = "james" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("04/01/2011"), Username = "alex" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("04/01/2011"), Username = "alex" },
        new MyClass { Date = DateTime.Parse("04/01/2011"), Username = "alex" }
    });

list.GroupBy(l => l.Date, l => l.Username)
    .Select(g => new { 
                Date = g.Key, 
                Count = g.Distinct().Count() 
            });

Answer 5

logins
  .GroupBy(l => l.Date)
  .Select(g => new
  {
    Date = g.Key,
    Count = g.Select(l => l.Login).Distinct().Count()
  });