Update: In version 3, MaxBy
(including MinBy
) of MoreLINQ was changed to return a sequence as opposed to a single item.
Use MoreLINQ's PartialSort
or PartialSortBy
. The example below uses PartialSortBy
to find and print the longest 5 words in a given text:
var text = @"
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Etiam gravida nec mauris vitae sollicitudin. Suspendisse
malesuada urna eu mi suscipit fringilla. Donec ut ipsum
aliquet, tincidunt mi sed, efficitur magna. Nulla sit
amet congue diam, at posuere lectus. Praesent sit amet
libero vehicula dui commodo gravida eget a nisi. Sed
imperdiet arcu eget erat feugiat gravida id non est.
Nam malesuada nibh sit amet nisl sollicitudin vestibulum.";
var words = Regex.Matches(text, @"\w+");
var top =
from g in words.Cast<Match>()
.Select(m => m.Value)
.GroupBy(s => s.Length)
.PartialSortBy(5, m => m.Key, OrderByDirection.Descending)
select g.Key + ": " + g.Distinct().ToDelimitedString(", ");
foreach (var e in top)
Console.WriteLine(e);
It will print:
14: malesuadafsfjs
12: sollicitudin
11: consectetur, Suspendisse
10: adipiscing, vestibulum
9: malesuada, fringilla, tincidunt, efficitur, imperdiet