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Nested “from” LINQ query expressed with extension methods
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Iam using the Entity Framework. How would i write the following Linq-Code in Lambda C#?
var users = (from u in context.Users.ToList()
from e in u.Events
where e.EventName == eventName //Name of the Event, the user is related to
select u.FirstName + u.LastName).ToList();
Can't get through Lambda in this situation.
The equivalent in "Method Chains" (that's what it's called) looks like this:
context.Users.SelectMany(u => u.Events
.Where(e => e.EventName == eventName)
.Select(e => u.FirstName + u.LastName))
.ToList();
Please note that I omitted the call to ToList()
on context.Users
because it seems unnecessary.
context.Users.SelectMany(u => u.Events.Where(e => e.EventName == eventName).
Select(e => u.FirstName + u.LastName)).
ToList();
var users = context.Users
.Where(u => u.Events.Any(q => q.EventName == eventName))
.Select(m => m.FirstName + m.LastName).ToList();
Update, adding test related classes;
public class User
{
public List<Event> Events { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
public class Event
{
public string EventName { get; set; }
}
and code;
string eventName = "a";
List<User> t = new List<User>();
Event event1 = new Event() { EventName = "a" };
Event event2 = new Event() { EventName = "b" };
Event event3 = new Event() { EventName = "c" };
User user1 = new User() { FirstName = "x", LastName = "y" };
User user2 = new User() { FirstName = "x1", LastName = "y1" };
User user3 = new User() { FirstName = "x2", LastName = "y2" };
user1.Events = new List<Event>();
user2.Events = new List<Event>();
user3.Events = new List<Event>();
user1.Events.Add(event1);
user1.Events.Add(event2);
user2.Events.Add(event2);
user2.Events.Add(event3);
user3.Events.Add(event1);
user3.Events.Add(event3);
t.Add(user1);
t.Add(user2);
t.Add(user3);
var bb = t.Where(u => u.Events.Any(q => q.EventName == eventName)).Select(m => m.FirstName + m.LastName).ToList();