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Prasad Raja
Prasad Raja

Reputation: 703

How to make aggregate function in single method using linq?

I have class like this

public class Student
{

    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Gender { get; set; }
    public GRADE Grade { get; set; }
    public string Nationality { get; set; }
}
public enum GRADE
{
    A = 0,
    B = 1,
    C = 2,
    D = 3,
    E = 4
}

var list = new List<Student>();
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 1, Name = "Prasad", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.A });
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 2, Name = "Raja", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.B });
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 3, Name = "Hindu", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.A });
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 4, Name = "Hamed", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.C });
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 5, Name = "Priya", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.D });
list.Add(new Student() { Id = 6, Name = "Meera", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.B });

I got the solution like this, For each expression i want to write bunch of code.. Sum,Avg,Count etc

Linq Expressions

//count
var c = (from x in list.GroupBy(k => k.Gender)
         select new
         {
             category = x.Key,
             Value = x.Count()
         }).ToList();

//sum
var s = (from x in list.GroupBy(k => k.Gender)
         select new
         {
             category = x.Key,
             Value = x.Sum(k => (int)k.Grade)
         }).ToList();

//avg
var a = (from x in list.GroupBy(k => k.Gender)
         select new
         {
             category = x.Key,
             Value = x.Average(k => (int)k.Grade)
         }).ToList();

I am trying to make one function, based on the aggregate function; it should return the value, I tried I could not find it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 612

Answers (2)

mark_h
mark_h

Reputation: 5467

One issue you have is that all three aggregates do not have the same return type, also if you use a function then the return type would have to be object because you are returning an anonymous type.

The closest I could get to what I think you want was this;

Step 1: create a new type;

public class AggregateValue<T>
{
    public string Category { get; set; }
    public T Value { get; set; }
}

Step 2: Create a function that returns a collection of this type and accepts a Func as a parameter that will calculate your different aggregates;

    IEnumerable<AggregateValue<T>> GetAggregateValues<T>(List<Student> students, Func<IEnumerable<Student>, T> aggregateFunction)
    {
        return (from x in students.GroupBy(k => k.Gender)
                 select new AggregateValue<T>
                 {
                     Category = x.Key,
                     Value = aggregateFunction(x)
                 }).ToList();
    }

You can use it like this;

        var list = new List<Student>();
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 1, Name = "Prasad", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.A });
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 2, Name = "Raja", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.B });
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 3, Name = "Hindu", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.A });
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 4, Name = "Hamed", Gender = "M", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.C });
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 5, Name = "Priya", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.D });
        list.Add(new Student() { Id = 6, Name = "Meera", Gender = "F", Nationality = "India", Grade = GRADE.B });

        var sumGrades = new Func<IEnumerable<Student>, int>(p => p.Sum(l => (int)l.Grade));
        var aveGrades = new Func<IEnumerable<Student>, double>(p => p.Average(k => (int)k.Grade));
        var count = new Func<IEnumerable<Student>, int>(p => p.Count());

        var c = GetAggregateValues(list, count);
        var s = GetAggregateValues(list, sumGrades);
        var a = GetAggregateValues(list, aveGrades);

Upvotes: 2

dotnetom
dotnetom

Reputation: 24901

You can combine all your aggregations in one statement:

var result = (from x in list.GroupBy(k => k.Gender)
    select new
    {
        category = x.Key,
        Count = x.Count(),
        Sum = x.Sum(k => (int)k.Grade),
        Average = x.Average(k => (int)k.Grade)
    }).ToList();

Upvotes: 2

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