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Naografix
Naografix

Reputation: 959

Compare two lists : One contain object, one other contain string

I'm trying to compare two list to add (in an other list) my lights that I want. I want to get light object by string name

For the moment, I'm using a double foreach, but I know it's possible with LinQ but I don't know how...

private readonly string[] lightsWanted = { "MyLight1", "MyLight2" };
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var lights = await this.bridgeManager.GetLights();
foreach (Light light in lights)
{
    foreach (string lightWanted in this.lightsWanted)
    {
        if (light.Name == lightWanted)
        {
            this.selectedLights.Add(light);
        }
    }
}

Thank you for your help.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 51

Answers (3)

Shahid Manzoor Bhat
Shahid Manzoor Bhat

Reputation: 1335

This should do it:

List<Light> lightsIwant = (from l in lights
                           join lw in lightsWanted on l.Name equals lw
                           select l).ToList();

Upvotes: 1

Anu Viswan
Anu Viswan

Reputation: 18155

You could use Join for the purpose

var selectedList = lights.Join(lightsWanted,x=>x.Name,y=>y,(x,y)=>x);

Upvotes: 1

gunr2171
gunr2171

Reputation: 17545

Using a Where and Contains (not as efficient).

List<Light> lightsIWant = (await this.bridgeManager.GetLights())
    .Where(l => lightsWanted.Contains(l.Name))
    .ToList();

Using a Join (more efficient)

var allLights = await this.bridgeManager.GetLights();
IEnumerable<Light> lightsIWant = from allLight in allLights
                                 join desiredLightName in lightsWanted 
                                     on allLight.Name equals desiredLightName
                                 select allLight;

You can do a Join using Extension Methods as well, I just prefer using the query syntax for simple stuff like this.

Upvotes: 1

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