***ctx.Load(listItemCollection,
eachItem => eachItem.Include(
item => item,
item => item["Column1"],
item => item["Column2"]
));***
i have list of fields in a array of string instead of column1 and column2, how can i pass it through in include linq, not able to create proper lambda on runtime. i tried following ways but couldn't get success. Static befor loops works but thw fields added in loop fails as it doesn't evaluate string value in loop
***Expression<Func<ListItem, object>>[] paramss = new
Expression<Func<ListItem, object>>[length];
paramss[0] = x => x.ContentType;
paramss[1] = x => x["Title"];
count = 2;
foreach (string item in solConnDefModel.Columns)
{ paramss[count] = x => x[item];
count++;
}***
Please take a reference of below code:
List dlist = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("listname");
context.Load(dlist);
context.ExecuteQuery();
string[] fieldNames = { "Id", "Title", "num", "mStartDate" };
// Create the expression used to define the fields to be included
List<Expression<Func<ListItemCollection, object>>> fieldsToBeIncluded = new List<Expression<Func<ListItemCollection, object>>>();
foreach (string s in fieldNames)
{
fieldsToBeIncluded.Add(items => items.Include(item => item[s]));
}
// Initialize the collection of list items
var listItems = dlist.GetItems(new CamlQuery());
context.Load(listItems, fieldsToBeIncluded.ToArray());
context.ExecuteQuery();
You can hover on load method to see what type parameter it requires, then generate a corresponding one and pass it.
i have to create lambda expression at runtime. following code i was able to get expected value
Expression<Func<ListItem, object>>[] paramss = new Expression<Func<ListItem, object>>[length];
foreach (string item in Columns)
{
if (item.ToLower() != "contenttype")
{
ParameterExpression parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(ListItem), "x");
var propertyInfo = typeof(ListItem).GetMethod("get_Item");
var arguments = new List<Expression> { Expression.Constant(item) };
var expression = Expression.Call(parameter, propertyInfo, arguments);
var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<ListItem, object>>(expression, parameter);
paramss[count] = lambda;
}
else
{
paramss[count] = x => x.ContentType;
}
count++;
}
I've written a Linq sentence like this:
var fs = list
.GroupBy(i =>
new {
X = i.X,
Ps = i.Properties.Where(p => p.Key.Equals("m")) <<<<<<<<<<<
}
)
.Select(g => g.Key });
Am I able to group by IEnumerable.Where(...) fields?
The grouping won't work here.
When grouping, the runtime will try to compare group keys in order to produce proper groups. However, since in the group key you use a property (Ps) which is a distinct IEnumerable<T> for each item in list (the comparison is made on reference equality not on sequence equality) this will result in a different collection for each element; in other words if you'll have two items:
var a = new { X = 1, Properties = new[] { "m" } };
var b = new { X = 1, Properties = new[] { "m" } };
The GroupBy clause will give you two distinct keys as you can see from the image below.
If your intent is to just project the items into the structure of the GroupBy key then you don't need the grouping; the query below should give the same result:
var fs = list.Select(item => new
{
item.X,
Ps = item.Properties.Where(p => p.Key == "m")
});
However, if you do require the results to be distinct, you'll need to create a separate class for your result and implement a separate IEqualityComparer<T> to be used with Distinct clause:
public class Result
{
public int X { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<string> Ps { get; set; }
}
public class ResultComparer : IEqualityComparer<Result>
{
public bool Equals(Result a, Result b)
{
return a.X == b.X && a.Ps.SequenceEqual(b.Ps);
}
// Implement GetHashCode
}
Having the above you can use Distinct on the first query to get distinct results:
var fs = list.Select(item => new Result
{
X = item.X,
Ps = item.Properties.Where( p => p.Key == "m")
}).Distinct(new ResultComparer());
I have a problem with a query. I have a List with int and want to use it to get the values from my dictionary. The dictionary-keys are int and some of them have the value of the list-items. My question is how i get the objects out of the dictionary, thats keys matces the list items. Was programming JAVA the last years and now struggling with LINQ :(
Thanks in advance
Problem solved. Thank you all :)
No idea how to close this topic. I am reading stackoverflow since one year, but this was my first post.
You can use Linq to join list items with dictionary KeyValuePair entries on entry key. And then select entry value from each joined pair:
var values = from l in list
join kvp in dictionary on l equals kvp.Key
select kvp.Value;
Lambda syntax:
var values = list.Join(dictionary, l => l, kvp => kvp.Key, (l,kvp) => kvp.Value);
Basically:
var value = dictionary[integerKey];
Or:
if (dictionary.TryGetValue(integerKey, out value)) {
}
You can also create an extension method:
public static class DictionaryExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<TValue> FilterValuesBy<TKey, TValue>(this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, IEnumerable<TKey> filter)
{
if (dictionary == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("dictionary");
if (filter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("filter");
var coll = filter as ICollection<TKey> ?? new HashSet<TKey>(filter);
return dictionary.Where(kvp => coll.Contains(kvp.Key)).Select(kvp => kvp.Value);
}
}
Usage:
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
var dict = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).ToDictionary(x => x);
var filter = Enumerable.Range(0, 2);
foreach (var i in dict.FilterValuesBy(filter))
{
Console.WriteLine(i);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Simple Linq method chain:
var dict = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).ToDictionary(x => x);
var filter = Enumerable.Range(0, 2).ToList();
var filtered = dict.Where(x => filter.Contains(x.Key)).Select(x => x.Value).ToList();
I'm trying to implement a T-SQL equivalent of a where in (select ...) code in LINQ.
This is what I have now:
int contactID = GetContactID();
IEnumerable<string> threadList = (from s in pdc.Messages
where s.ContactID == contactID
group 1 by new { s.ThreadID } into d
select new { ThreadID = d.Key.ThreadID}).ToList<string>();
var result = from s in pdc.Messages
where threadList.Contains(s.ThreadID)
group new { s } by new { s.ThreadID } into d
let maxMsgID = d.Where(x => x.s.ContactID != contactID).Max(x => x.s.MessageID)
select new {
LastMessage = d.Where(x => x.s.MessageID == maxMsgID).SingleOrDefault().s
};
However, my code won't compile due to this error for the ToList():
cannot convert from
'System.Linq.IQueryable<AnonymousType#1>'
to
'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string>'
Anyone have any suggestions on how to implement this? Or any suggestions on how to simplify this code?
Your query returns a set of anonymous types; you cannot implicitly convert it to a List<string>.
Instead, you should select the string itself. You don't need any anonymous types.
Change it to
var threadList = pdc.Messages.Where(s => s.ContactID == contactID)
.Select(s => s.ThreadID)
.Distinct()
.ToList();
var result = from s in pdc.Messages
where threadList.Contains(s.ThreadID)
group s by s.ThreadID into d
let maxMsgID = d.Where(x => x.ContactID != contactID).Max(x => x.MessageID)
select new {
LastMessage = d.Where(x => x.MessageID == maxMsgID).SingleOrDefault()
};
I want to do this:
var orderBy = "Nome, Cognome desc";
var timb = time.Timbratures.Include("Anagrafica_Dipendente")
.Where(p => p.CodDipendente == 1);
if(orderBy != "")
timb = timb.OrderBy(orderBy);
Is there an OrderBy overload available that accepts a string parameter?
If you are using plain LINQ-to-objects and don't want to take a dependency on an external library it is not hard to achieve what you want.
The OrderBy() clause accepts a Func<TSource, TKey> that gets a sort key from a source element. You can define the function outside the OrderBy() clause:
Func<Item, Object> orderByFunc = null;
You can then assign it to different values depending on the sort criteria:
if (sortOrder == SortOrder.SortByName)
orderByFunc = item => item.Name;
else if (sortOrder == SortOrder.SortByRank)
orderByFunc = item => item.Rank;
Then you can sort:
var sortedItems = items.OrderBy(orderByFunc);
This example assumes that the source type is Item that have properties Name and Rank.
Note that in this example TKey is Object to not constrain the property types that can be sorted on. If the func returns a value type (like Int32) it will get boxed when sorting and that is somewhat inefficient. If you can constrain TKey to a specific value type you can work around this problem.
Absolutely. You can use the LINQ Dynamic Query Library, found on Scott Guthrie's blog. There's also an updated version available on CodePlex.
It lets you create OrderBy clauses, Where clauses, and just about everything else by passing in string parameters. It works great for creating generic code for sorting/filtering grids, etc.
var result = data
.Where(/* ... */)
.Select(/* ... */)
.OrderBy("Foo asc");
var query = DbContext.Data
.Where(/* ... */)
.Select(/* ... */)
.OrderBy("Foo ascending");
Another solution from codeConcussion (https://stackoverflow.com/a/7265394/2793768)
var param = "Address";
var pi = typeof(Student).GetProperty(param);
var orderByAddress = items.OrderBy(x => pi.GetValue(x, null));
The simplest & the best solution:
mylist.OrderBy(s => s.GetType().GetProperty("PropertyName").GetValue(s));
You don't need an external library for this. The below code works for LINQ to SQL/entities.
/// <summary>
/// Sorts the elements of a sequence according to a key and the sort order.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TSource">The type of the elements of <paramref name="query" />.</typeparam>
/// <param name="query">A sequence of values to order.</param>
/// <param name="key">Name of the property of <see cref="TSource"/> by which to sort the elements.</param>
/// <param name="ascending">True for ascending order, false for descending order.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="T:System.Linq.IOrderedQueryable`1" /> whose elements are sorted according to a key and sort order.</returns>
public static IQueryable<TSource> OrderBy<TSource>(this IQueryable<TSource> query, string key, bool ascending = true)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key))
{
return query;
}
var lambda = (dynamic)CreateExpression(typeof(TSource), key);
return ascending
? Queryable.OrderBy(query, lambda)
: Queryable.OrderByDescending(query, lambda);
}
private static LambdaExpression CreateExpression(Type type, string propertyName)
{
var param = Expression.Parameter(type, "x");
Expression body = param;
foreach (var member in propertyName.Split('.'))
{
body = Expression.PropertyOrField(body, member);
}
return Expression.Lambda(body, param);
}
(CreateExpression copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/16208620/111438)
I did so:
using System.Linq.Expressions;
namespace System.Linq
{
public static class LinqExtensions
{
public static IOrderedQueryable<TSource> OrderBy<TSource>(this IQueryable<TSource> source, string field, string dir = "asc")
{
// parametro => expressão
var parametro = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TSource), "r");
var expressao = Expression.Property(parametro, field);
var lambda = Expression.Lambda(expressao, parametro); // r => r.AlgumaCoisa
var tipo = typeof(TSource).GetProperty(field).PropertyType;
var nome = "OrderBy";
if (string.Equals(dir, "desc", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
nome = "OrderByDescending";
}
var metodo = typeof(Queryable).GetMethods().First(m => m.Name == nome && m.GetParameters().Length == 2);
var metodoGenerico = metodo.MakeGenericMethod(new[] { typeof(TSource), tipo });
return metodoGenerico.Invoke(source, new object[] { source, lambda }) as IOrderedQueryable<TSource>;
}
public static IOrderedQueryable<TSource> ThenBy<TSource>(this IOrderedQueryable<TSource> source, string field, string dir = "asc")
{
var parametro = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TSource), "r");
var expressao = Expression.Property(parametro, field);
var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<TSource, string>>(expressao, parametro); // r => r.AlgumaCoisa
var tipo = typeof(TSource).GetProperty(field).PropertyType;
var nome = "ThenBy";
if (string.Equals(dir, "desc", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
nome = "ThenByDescending";
}
var metodo = typeof(Queryable).GetMethods().First(m => m.Name == nome && m.GetParameters().Length == 2);
var metodoGenerico = metodo.MakeGenericMethod(new[] { typeof(TSource), tipo });
return metodoGenerico.Invoke(source, new object[] { source, lambda }) as IOrderedQueryable<TSource>;
}
}
}
Use :
example.OrderBy("Nome", "desc").ThenBy("other")
Work like:
example.OrderByDescending(r => r.Nome).ThenBy(r => r.other)
Look at this blog here. It describes a way to do this, by defining an EntitySorter<T>.
It allows you to pass in an IEntitySorter<T> into your service methods and use it like this:
public static Person[] GetAllPersons(IEntitySorter<Person> sorter)
{
using (var db = ContextFactory.CreateContext())
{
IOrderedQueryable<Person> sortedList = sorter.Sort(db.Persons);
return sortedList.ToArray();
}
}
And you can create an EntitiySorter like this:
IEntitySorter<Person> sorter = EntitySorter<Person>
.OrderBy(p => p.Name)
.ThenByDescending(p => p.Id);
Or like this:
var sorter = EntitySorter<Person>
.OrderByDescending("Address.City")
.ThenBy("Id");
You need to use the LINQ Dynamic Query Library in order to pass parameters at runtime,
This will allow linq statements like
string orderedBy = "Description";
var query = (from p in products
orderby(orderedBy)
select p);
If your columnName is in a variable col, then
string col="name";
list.OrderBy(x=>x[col])
As what Martin Liversage said, you can define a Func<>before you pass it to OrderBy method, but I found an interesting way to do that.
You can define a dictionary from string to Func<> like this :
Dictionary<string, Func<Item, object>> SortParameters = new Dictionary<string, Func<Item, object>>()
{
{"Rank", x => x.Rank}
};
And use it like this :
yourList.OrderBy(SortParameters["Rank"]);
In this case you can dynamically sort by string.
In one answer above:
The simplest & the best solution:
mylist.OrderBy(s => s.GetType().GetProperty("PropertyName").GetValue(s));
There is an syntax error, ,null must be added:
mylist.OrderBy(s => s.GetType().GetProperty("PropertyName").GetValue(s,null));