I have a collection uni-dimensional like this:
[1,2,4,5.....n]
I would like to convert that collection in a bi-dimensional collection like this:
[[1,2,3],
[4,5,6],
...]
Basically I want to group or split if you want, the array in groups of 'n' members
I can do it with a foreach
statement, but I am currently learning LINQ so instead of iterating through all elements and create a new array manually I would like to use the LINQ features (if applicable)
Is there any LINQ function to help me to accomplish this??
I was thinking in the GroupBy
or SelectMany
I do not know if they will help me though but they might
Any help will be truly appreciate it =) :**
You can group by the index divided by the batch size, like this:
var batchSize = 3;
var batched = orig
.Select((Value, Index) => new {Value, Index})
.GroupBy(p => p.Index/batchSize)
.Select(g => g.Select(p => p.Value).ToList());
Use MoreLinq.Batch
var result = inputArray.Batch(n); // n -> batch size
Example
var inputs = Enumerable.Range(1,10);
var output = inputs.Batch(3);
var outputAsArray = inputs.Batch(3).Select(x=>x.ToArray()).ToArray(); //If require as array
You want Take()
and Skip()
. These methods will let you split an IEnumerable
. Then you can use Concat()
to slap them together again.
The sample below will split an array into groups of 4 items each.
int[] items = Enumerable.Range(1, 20).ToArray(); // Generate a test array to split
int[][] groupedItems = items
.Select((item, index) => index % 4 == 0 ? items.Skip(index).Take(4).ToArray() : null)
.Where(group => group != null)
.ToArray();
It's not a pure LINQ but it's intended to be used with it:
public static class MyEnumerableExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<T[]> Split<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, int size)
{
if (source == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("source can't be null.");
}
if (size == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Chunk size can't be 0.");
}
List<T> result = new List<T>(size);
foreach (T x in source)
{
result.Add(x);
if (result.Count == size)
{
yield return result.ToArray();
result = new List<T>(size);
}
}
}
}
It can be used from your code as:
private void Test()
{
// Here's your original sequence
IEnumerable<int> seq = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
// Here's the result of splitting into chunks of some length
// (here's the chunks length equals 3).
// You can manipulate with this sequence further,
// like filtering or joining e.t.c.
var splitted = seq.Split(3);
}
It's as simple as:
static class LinqExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> ToPages<T>(this IEnumerable<T> elements, int pageSize)
{
if (elements == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("elements");
if (pageSize <= 0)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("pageSize","Must be greater than 0!");
int i = 0;
var paged = elements.GroupBy(p => i++ / pageSize);
return paged;
}
}