How can I get a sum for the column “pieces” in a datatable?

Question

How can I get a sum for the column "pieces" in a datatable? Say I had the following table. How can I calculate the "total" pieces for article="milk" and artno="15"?

Columns:   article     artno    pieces
Rows:
1          milk        15       1
2          water       12       1
3          apple       13       2
4          milk        15       1
5          milk        16       1
6          bread       11       2
7          milk        16       4

The Result of the my new DataTable should be this:

Columns:   article     artno    pieces
Rows:
1          bread       11       2
2          water       12       1
3          apple       13       2
4          milk        15       2
5          milk        16       5

My Code:

foreach (DataRow foundDataRow in foundRows1)
{
    int i = 0;
    foreach (DataRow dataRow in foundRows2)
    {
        if (object.Equals(dataRow.ItemArray[0], foundDataRow.ItemArray[0])
            && object.Equals(dataRow.ItemArray[3], foundDataRow.ItemArray[3]))
        {
            i = i + Convert.ToInt16(dataRow.ItemArray[4]);
        }
    }
    Debug.Print(i.ToString());
}

Sorry, but i'm new DataBase developer and my english speak language is not so good.

Answer 1

Using the DataTable.Compute method, you can do:

int sum = (int)table.Compute("Sum(pieces)", "article = 'milk' AND artno='15'");

Answer 2

You could use the AsEnumerable method like so:

var results = dataTable.AsEnumerable()
                       .Where(row => row.Field<string>("article") == "milk" && 
                                     row.Field<int>("artno") == 15)
                       .Select(row => row.Field<int>("pieces"))
                       .Sum();

Answer 3

Using Michael's suggestion with 1 less step:

var results = dataTable.AsEnumerable()
                       .Where(row => (row.Field<string>("article ") == "milk") &&
                                     (row.Field<int>("artno") == 15))
                       .Sum(row => row.Field<int>("pieces"));

(This is using Linq to DataSet)

Answer 4

in a .NET 4 windows application, this snippet of code gives 9 in the sum variable:

    DataTable dt = new DataTable("aaa");

    dt.Columns.Add("pieces", typeof(int));

    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1 });
    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3 });
    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 5 });

    var sum = dt.Compute("SUM(pieces)", string.Empty);