compare two list and return not matching items using linq

Question

i have a two list

List SentList;
List MsgList;

both have the same property called MsgID;

MsgList            


        

Answer 1

List<Car> cars = new List<Car>() {  new Car() { Name = "Ford", Year = 1892, Website = "www.ford.us" }, 
                                    new Car() { Name = "Jaguar", Year = 1892, Website = "www.jaguar.co.uk" }, 
                                    new Car() { Name = "Honda", Year = 1892, Website = "www.honda.jp"} };

List<Factory> factories = new List<Factory>() {     new Factory() { Name = "Ferrari", Website = "www.ferrari.it" }, 
                                                    new Factory() { Name = "Jaguar", Website = "www.jaguar.co.uk" }, 
                                                    new Factory() { Name = "BMW", Website = "www.bmw.de"} };

foreach (Car car in cars.Where(c => !factories.Any(f => f.Name == c.Name))) {
    lblDebug.Text += car.Name;
}

Answer 2

Well, you already have good answers, but they're most Lambda. A more LINQ approach would be like

var NotSentMessages =
                from msg in MsgList
                where !SentList.Any(x => x.MsgID == msg.MsgID)
                select msg;

Answer 3

As an extension method

public static IEnumerable<TSource> AreNotEqual<TSource, TKey, TTarget>(this IEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, TKey> sourceKeySelector, IEnumerable<TTarget> target, Func<TTarget, TKey> targetKeySelector) 
{
    var targetValues = new HashSet<TKey>(target.Select(targetKeySelector));

    return source.Where(sourceValue => targetValues.Contains(sourceKeySelector(sourceValue)) == false);
}

eg.

public class Customer
{
    public int CustomerId { get; set; }
}

public class OtherCustomer
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
}


var customers = new List<Customer>()
{
    new Customer() { CustomerId = 1 },
    new Customer() { CustomerId = 2 }
};

var others = new List<OtherCustomer>()
{
    new OtherCustomer() { Id = 2 },
    new OtherCustomer() { Id = 3 }
};

var result = customers.AreNotEqual(customer => customer.CustomerId, others, other => other.Id).ToList();

Debug.Assert(result.Count == 1);
Debug.Assert(result[0].CustomerId == 1);

Answer 4

If u wanna Select items of List from 2nd list:

MainList.Where(p => 2ndlist.Contains(p.columns from MainList )).ToList();