LINQ - Group By child property - linq

Question

I have a list of users, each user has string array property called Tags. I am trying to get a unique list of tags and a total count, any idea what I a missing here? I am using LinqPad to write my test query, please see the example code:
void Main()
{
List<User> users = new List<User>(){
new User {Id = 1, Tags = new string[]{"tag1", "tag2"}},
new User {Id = 2, Tags = new string[]{"tag3", "tag7"}},
new User {Id = 3, Tags = new string[]{"tag7", "tag8"}},
new User {Id = 4, Tags = new string[]{"tag1", "tag4"}},
new User {Id = 5 },
};
var uniqueTags = users.Where(m=>m.Tags != null).GroupBy(m=>m.Tags).Select(m=> new{TagName = m.Key, Count = m.Count()});
uniqueTags.Dump();
// RESULT should BE:
// tag1 - Count(2)
// tag2 - Count(1)
// tag3 - Count(1)
// tag4 - Count(1)
// tag7 - Count(2)
// tag8 - Count(1)
}
public class User{
public int Id {get;set;}
public string[] Tags {get;set;}
}

Answer 1

You can flatten to IEnumerable<string> before grouping:
var uniqueTags = users.SelectMany(u => u.Tags ?? new string[0])
.GroupBy(t => t)
.Select(g => new { TagName = g.Key, Count = g.Count() } );
LINQPad C# Expression version:
new[] {
new { Id = 1, Tags = new[] { "tag1", "tag2" } },
new { Id = 2, Tags = new[] { "tag3", "tag7" } },
new { Id = 3, Tags = new[] { "tag7", "tag8" } },
new { Id = 4, Tags = new[] { "tag1", "tag4" } },
new { Id = 5, Tags = (string[])null }
}
.SelectMany(u => u.Tags ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>())
.GroupBy(t => t)
.Select(g => new { TagName = g.Key, Count = g.Count() } )