Given a linq expression of an object collection 'items' such as this:
var total = (from item in items select item.Value).Distinct().Count() Is it possible to convert this to use linq functions/lambdas:
items.Select(???).Distinct().Count() Given a linq expression of an object collection 'items' such as this:
var total = (from item in items select item.Value).Distinct().Count() Is it possible to convert this to use linq functions/lambdas:
items.Select(???).Distinct().Count() Use this:
items.Select(i => i.Value).Distinct().Count() It must be possible, since behind the scenes, LINQ is translated to lambdas and expression trees (at least LINQ to objects)
In your case the ??? part would be item => item.Value, i.e. for item, output item.value. So, the whole expression will be
var total = items.Select(item => item.Value).Distinct().Count();