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Tono Nam
Tono Nam

Reputation: 36048

How to remove non-duplicates from a list in C#

I want to do the opposite thing as here

I have a list and I know how to remove the duplicates. But I want to have an option where the user can select which duplicate to keep. Some query quere I can have a list that will only show the duplicates. Something like:

Lets say my list is:

"tom" "bob" "Frank" "bob" "Lacey" "Frank"

I know that if I use the distinct method I will get:

"tom" "bob" "Frank" "Lacey"

I don't know what method to I have to use to get:

"bob" "bob" "frank" "frank"

or to get

"bob" "frank"

cause those are the ones that repeat.

Upvotes: 15

Views: 2572

Answers (2)

Tono Nam
Tono Nam

Reputation: 36048

I needed to compare them by a specific property theretofore I just modified your query BrokenGlass to

var resultList = itemsThatNeedToBeAdded.GroupBy(x => x.property1)
                     .Where(g => g.Count() > 1 )
                     .SelectMany(g => g)
                     .ToList();

Upvotes: 1

BrokenGlass
BrokenGlass

Reputation: 160852

You can use GroupBy to filter out the items that only occur once, then flatten the remaining items back into a list:

var resultList = list.GroupBy(x => x)
                     .Where(g => g.Count() > 1)
                     .SelectMany(g => g)
                     .ToList();

Upvotes: 24

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