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Marie
Marie

Reputation: 3

Need to get a value from a collection?

I have a variable of type List<Detail>

public class Detail {
   public string L { get; set; }
   public string R { get; set; }
}

I also have the value of a string that matches the value in Detail.L.

Is there an easy way that I can get the value of Detail.R that matches this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 129

Answers (8)

Mark Holland
Mark Holland

Reputation: 846

Like this to get all matching lefts:

IEnumerable<string> matchRightsToLeft(List<Detail> list, string left)
{
    return list.Where(l => l.left == left).Select(l => l.right);
}

or for the first/only match

string matchRightToLeft(List<Detail> list, string left)
{
    return list.Where(l => l.left == left).FirstOrDefault(l => l.right);
}

Upvotes: 1

Dave
Dave

Reputation: 3621

   string valueForL = "abc";
   List<Detail> details = new List<Detail>();
   string valueForR = (from d in details where d.L == valueForL select d.R).FirstOrDefault();

Upvotes: 1

Thorsten Dittmar
Thorsten Dittmar

Reputation: 56697

You might try LINQ to Objects:

string r = (from d in list where d.L.Equals(...) select d.R).FirstOrDefault();

Upvotes: 0

&#216;yvind Br&#229;then
&#216;yvind Br&#229;then

Reputation: 60694

If L is unique as it seems in your case, it would be better to use a Dictionary here instead of a List.

var myList = new Dictionary<string,string>();

Then use L as the key and R as the value for the dictionary.

Add entries by calling myList.Add(newL,newR);

Then get a entry by doing this:

string myR = myList[myL];

Upvotes: 1

Andre Luus
Andre Luus

Reputation: 3802

A for-loop would be the basic way to do it.

Otherwise use Linq:

var lString = SearchValue;
DetailList.Where(o => o.R == lString) //This will give you a list of all the Detail object where R == lString.

Upvotes: 0

Arcturus
Arcturus

Reputation: 27055

How about:

IEnumerable<string> allR = Details.Where(d => Equals(d.L, otherString)).Select(d => d.R);

Upvotes: 0

Tim Bee
Tim Bee

Reputation: 2230

take a look at this thread about implementing the IEquatable interface. I guess you'll find all you need there.

Upvotes: 0

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1499830

Sure, using LINQ to Objects (assuming you're using .NET 3.5 or higher):

string searchText = "the string to look for";
var matchingR = details.First(d => d.L == searchText).R;

Obviously that will find the first match. If you want to get all matches, you can do:

var matchingRs = details.Where(d => d.L == searchText)
                        .Select(d => d.R);

Upvotes: 2

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