Using C# with LINQ, how can I merge two lists of different objects, say, Seminar and Conference? They have some common and some different fields/properties and do not share unique id.
class Seminar
{
int id,
DateTime joinDate,
string name
}
class Conference
{
Guid confNumber,
DateTime joinDate
Type type
}
I have a list of:
List<Seminar>
List<Conference>
I need to merge them into a super List:
List<Object>
A code snippet would be great help.
If you just want a single List<object> containing all objects from both lists, that's fairly simple:
List<object> objectList = seminarList.Cast<object>()
.Concat(conferenceList)
.ToList();
If that's not what you want, then you'll need to define what you mean by "merge".
.Cast<object>() to .Cast<ISeminarOrConference>(), and replace List<object> with List<ISeminarOrConference>; you'll then be able to access the common properties from the combined list.Following code works fine for me, if this is your definition of Merge
One solution
List<A> someAs = new List<A>() { new A(), new A() };
List<B> someBs = new List<B>() { new B(), new B { something = new A() } };
List<Object> allS = (from x in someAs select (Object)x).ToList();
allS.AddRange((from x in someBs select (Object)x).ToList());
Where A and B are some classes as follows
class A
{
public string someAnotherThing { get; set; }
}
class B
{
public A something { get; set; }
}
Another Solution
List<A> someAs = new List<A>() { new A(), new A() };
List<B> someBs = new List<B>() { new B(), new B { something = string.Empty } };
List<Object> allS = (from x in someAs select (Object)new { someAnotherThing = x.someAnotherThing, something = string.Empty }).ToList();
allS.AddRange((from x in someBs select (Object)new { someAnotherThing = string.Empty, something = x.something}).ToList());
Where A and B are having class definition as
class A
{
public string someAnotherThing { get; set; }
}
class B
{
public string something { get; set; }
}
if (o is Seminar ){} else if(o is Conference){}Simple method of pure code
internal class Person
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
}
internal class User
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
internal class UserPerson
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
Person[] people = new Person[3] { new Person { Id = 1, UserName = "AliUserName" }, new Person { Id = 2, UserName = "MortezaUserName" }, new Person { Id = 3, UserName = "SalarUserName" } };
User[] users = new User[4] { new User { FirstName = "ali", LastName = "Barzegari" }, new User { FirstName = "Morteza", LastName = "Sefidi" }, new User { FirstName = "Salar", LastName = "Pirzadeh" }, new User { FirstName = "Babak", LastName = "Hasani" } };
UserPerson[] userPeople = new UserPerson[people.Length > users.Length ? people.Length : users.Length];
if (people.Length > users.Length)
for (int i = 0; i < people.Length; i++)
{
userPeople[i] = new UserPerson
{
Id = people[i].Id,
UserName = people[i].UserName,
FirstName = users.Length <= i ? "" : users[i].FirstName,
LastName = users.Length <= i ? "" : users[i].LastName
};
}
else
for (int i = 0; i < users.Length; i++)
{
userPeople[i] = new UserPerson
{
Id = people.Length <= i ? 0 : people[i].Id,
UserName = people.Length <= i ? "" : people[i].UserName,
FirstName = users[i].FirstName,
LastName = users[i].LastName
};
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
interfacethat would facilitate the merge.