Linq Split properties of Class and assign it to another Custom Class - linq

Question

I have a Complex Situation now and i am terribly stuck. Kindly Let me know if you can share some light to it.
I have a
List Which will have the Following properties
public class Categories
{
public string DisplayName { get; set; }
public string ValueCode { get; set; }
public string Count { get; set; }
}
This will have Values like
Category1/SubCategory1
cat1/sc1
5
Category1/SubCategory2
cat1/sc2
4
Category 2/Subcategory1
cat2/sc1
5
Category 2/Subcategory2
cat2/sc2
23
I created a Custom Class to fill in the values
public class JobCateogry
{
public string DisplayName { get; set; }
public string ValueCode { get; set; }
public string Count { get; set; }
public List<JobCateogry> SubCategories { get; set; }
}
I have to Split the String in the Code Value and assign it to the SubCategory.
Like My Final out of jobCategory would be
Category1
Cat1
9
SubCategory1
sub1
5
SubCateogry2
sub2
4
I tried to Split the string and assign it to the new class in two step first by splitting and then by assiging. But i am sure i am doing it the wrong way, because the moment i split, i loose the count .
var lstCategory = Categories
.Where(i => i.count > 0)
.Select(item => item.valueCode.Split('/')
.Select(k =>(k)).ToList();
List<JobCategories> jobcategories = lstCategory
.Select(item => item.Split(QueryStringConstants.CAT_SEPERATOR.ToCharArray()[0]))
.GroupBy(tokens => tokens[0].Trim(), tokens => tokens[1])
.Select(g => new JobCategories(g.Key, g.DisplayName,g.ToList(),)).ToList();
Can you please help?

Answer 1

A bit weird task
It might not be the best solution and it only works with the two layers :-), and i tried keeping a lot of linq for the fun of it
anyway hope it can get you moving forward.
full code snippet https://gist.github.com/cbpetersen/db698def9a04ebb2abbc
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var cats = new[]
{
new Categories { Count = "5", ValueCode = "cat1/sc1", DisplayName = "Category1/SubCategory1" },
new Categories { Count = "4", ValueCode = "cat1/sc2", DisplayName = "Category1/SubCategory2" },
new Categories { Count = "5", ValueCode = "cat2/sc1", DisplayName = "Category2/Subcategory1" },
new Categories { Count = "23", ValueCode = "cat2/sc2", DisplayName = "Category2/Subcategory2" }
};
var categories = cats.Select(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0]).Distinct();
var list = new List<JobCateogries>();
foreach (var category in categories)
{
var a = new JobCateogries
{
ValueCode = cats.Where(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0] == category)
.Select(x => x.ValueCode.Split('/')[0]).FirstOrDefault(),
DisplayName = category,
SubCategories = cats.Where(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0] == category)
.Select(x => new JobCateogries
{
SubCategories = new List<JobCateogries>(),
Count = x.Count,
DisplayName = x.DisplayName.Split('/')[1],
ValueCode = x.ValueCode.Split('/')[1]
}).ToList(),
};
a.Count = a.SubCategories.Select(x => int.Parse(x.Count)).Sum().ToString();
list.Add(a);
}
list.ForEach(x => Print(x));
Console.ReadKey();
}
public static void Print(JobCateogries category, int indent = 0)
{
var prefix = string.Empty.PadLeft(indent);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.DisplayName);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.ValueCode);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.Count);
category.SubCategories.ForEach(x => Print(x, indent + 4));
}