Getting the sum of a value in Linq

Question

Given the following structure...

class Foo {

  public string Category { get; set; }
  public string Code { get; set; }
  public int Quantity { get; set; }

}

I am trying to use Linq to summarise a list of these objects by Category and Code, so that if I provide the following source...

List<Foo> foos = new List<Foo>() {
  new Foo {Category = @"A", Code = @"B", Quantity = 1},
  new Foo {Category = @"A", Code = @"B", Quantity = 2},
  new Foo {Category = @"C", Code = @"D", Quantity = 3},
  new Foo {Category = @"C", Code = @"D", Quantity = 4}
};

I end up with a list containing...

  Foo {Category = @"A", Code = @"B", Quantity = 3},
  Foo {Category = @"C", Code = @"D", Quantity = 7}

(where Quantity is the sum of the original quantities of matching objects).

I know I need to use a combination of the group by clause and the Sum() extension methods, I just do not seem to be able to find that correct combination.

Please note, there is no database behind this list, I am doing this purely with objects so extracting the original list including the sum is not an option.

Thanks.

Answer 1

var query = foos
            .GroupBy(x => new { x.Category, x.Code })
            .Select(g => new Foo
                {
                    Category = g.Key.Category,
                    Code = g.Key.Code,
                    Quantity = g.Sum(x => x.Quantity)
                });

Answer 2

You want to group by both the category and the code, so you'll want an anonymous type for that - then just sum the quantities. You can do this in a single call to GroupBy if you use the right overload:

var query = list.GroupBy(
    item => new { item.Category, item.Code },
    (key, group) => new Foo { Category = key.Category, 
                              Code = key.Code,
                              Quantity = group.Sum(x => x.Quantity) });

If you want to do this with a query expression, you can use:

var query = from item in list
            group item by new { item.Category. item.Code } into items
            select new Foo { Category = items.Key.Category, 
                             Code = items.Key.Code,
                             Quantity = items.Sum(x => x.Quantity) });

Answer 3

LINQ Merging results in rows is very similar:-

        var result = foos
            .GroupBy( foo => new 
            { 
                foo.Category, 
                foo.Code 
            } )
            .Select( fooGroup => new Foo 
            { 
                Category = fooGroup.Key.Category, 
                Code = fooGroup.Key.Code, 
                Quantity = fooGroup.Sum( foo => foo.Quantity ) 
            } );