Reputation: 23
First of all, I have a class that looks like this:
class Bag
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Number { get; set; }
}
Then I have the larger Dictionary that looks like this:
Dictionary<string, List<Bag>> allBags = ParseLinesIntoBags(lines);
Now I want to get a Dictionary of the same type as the upper one, but with the condition that the List<Bag> must contain a specific name (in my case "shiny gold"). For the further clarification if the allBags has the following:
{ "black", new List<Bag>() {new Bag("red", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "yellow", new List<Bag>() {new Bag("shiny gold", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "pink", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("blue", 2), new Bag("shiny gold", 3), new Bag("green", 4) } }
the other Dictionary therefore should have:
{ "yellow", new List<Bag>() {new Bag("shiny gold", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "pink", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("blue", 2), new Bag("shiny gold", 3), new Bag("green", 4) } }
. The task which I'm solving is from AdventOfCode2020 day 7 (LINK).
EDIT: (since the original didn't follow the standards. I also deleted my failed tries because they were too far from the solution, and would only result in additional confusion.)
So currently I have the following code (Special thanks to @AliReza for coming with an almost full solution):
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace Day7
{
public class Bag
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Number { get; set; }
public Bag(string name, int number)
{
Name = name;
Number = number;
}
}
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Dictionary<string, List<Bag>> allBags = new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>(){
{ "black", new List<Bag>() {new Bag("red", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "yellow", new List<Bag>() {new Bag("shiny gold", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "pink", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("blue", 2), new Bag("shiny gold", 3), new Bag("green", 4) } }};
string condition = "shiny gold";
var containerBagsV =from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == condition
select new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>() { { item.Key, item.Value.ToList() } };
}
}
}
I wonder now is there any way to strongly type the Dictionary insted of leaving it to var? If I change var to Dictionary<string, List> immidietly
Dictionary<string, List<Bag>> containerBagsV = from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == condition
select new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>() { { item.Key, item.Value.ToList() } };
I get the following compile error:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error CS0266 Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, System.Collections.Generic.List<Day7.Bag>>>' to 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, System.Collections.Generic.List<Day7.Bag>>'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)
If I try to cast it
Dictionary<string, List<Bag>> containerBagsV = (Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>)(from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == condition
select new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>() { { item.Key, item.Value.ToList() } });
I get the following exception: System.InvalidCastException: 'Unable to cast object of type
'WhereSelectEnumerableIterator
2[<>f__AnonymousType0
2[System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair2[System.String,System.Collections.Generic.List
1[Day7.Bag]],Day7.Bag],System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[System.String,System.Collections.Generic.List
1[Day7.Bag]]]' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[System.String,System.Collections.Generic.List
1[Day7.Bag]]'.'
Upvotes: 0
Views: 377
Reputation: 5215
I think you should get the idea with this example
var allBags = new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>
{
{ "black", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("red", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "yellow", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("shiny gold", 1), new Bag("blue", 2) } },
{ "pink", new List<Bag>() { new Bag("blue", 2), new Bag("shiny gold", 3), new Bag("green", 4) } }
};
var containerBag = from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == "shiny gold"
select item;
// this return yellow and pink records, you can select bag here also if you want
also if you want a dictionary output :
var containerBag = from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == "shiny gold"
select new Dictionary<string, List<Bag>>() { { item.Key, item.Value.ToList() } };
UPDATE merged version :
var containerBag = from item in allBags
from bag in item.Value
where bag.Name == "shiny gold"
select item;
Dictionary<string, List<Bag>> mergedDictionary = new(containerBag);
Upvotes: 1