Calculate difference from previous item with LINQ

Question

I\'m trying to prepare data for a graph using LINQ.

The problem that i cant solve is how to calculate the \"difference to previous.

the result I expect is <

Answer 1

Further to Felix Ungman's post above, below is an example of how you can achieve the data you need making use of Zip():

        var diffs = list.Skip(1).Zip(list,
            (curr, prev) => new { CurrentID = curr.ID, PreviousID = prev.ID, CurrDate = curr.Date, PrevDate = prev.Date, DiffToPrev = curr.Date.Day - prev.Date.Day })
            .ToList();

        diffs.ForEach(fe => Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Current ID: {0}, Previous ID: {1} Current Date: {2}, Previous Date: {3} Diff: {4}",
            fe.CurrentID, fe.PreviousID, fe.CurrDate, fe.PrevDate, fe.DiffToPrev)));

Basically, you are zipping two versions of the same list but the first version (the current list) begins at the 2nd element in the collection, otherwise a difference would always differ the same element, giving a difference of zero.

I hope this makes sense,

Dave