Split List into Sublists with LINQ

Question

Is there any way I can separate a List into several separate lists of SomeObject, using the item index as the delimiter of each s

Answer 1

Check this out! I have a list of elements with a sequence counter and date. For each time the sequence restarts, I want to create a new list.

Ex. list of messages.

 List messages = new List
        {
            new { FcntUp = 101, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:01" },
            new { FcntUp = 102, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:02" },
            new { FcntUp = 103, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:03" },

            //restart of sequence
            new { FcntUp = 1, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:04" },
            new { FcntUp = 2, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:05" },
            new { FcntUp = 3, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:06" },

            //restart of sequence
            new { FcntUp = 1, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:07" },
            new { FcntUp = 2, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:08" },
            new { FcntUp = 3, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:09" }
        };

I want to split the list into separate lists as the counter restarts. Here is the code:

var arraylist = new List>();

        List messages = new List
        {
            new { FcntUp = 101, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:01" },
            new { FcntUp = 102, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:02" },
            new { FcntUp = 103, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:03" },

            //restart of sequence
            new { FcntUp = 1, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:04" },
            new { FcntUp = 2, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:05" },
            new { FcntUp = 3, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:06" },

            //restart of sequence
            new { FcntUp = 1, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:07" },
            new { FcntUp = 2, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:08" },
            new { FcntUp = 3, CommTimestamp = "2019-01-01 00:00:09" }
        };

        //group by FcntUp and CommTimestamp
        var query = messages.GroupBy(x => new { x.FcntUp, x.CommTimestamp });

        //declare the current item
        dynamic currentItem = null;

        //declare the list of ranges
        List range = null;

        //loop through the sorted list
        foreach (var item in query)
        {
            //check if start of new range
            if (currentItem == null || item.Key.FcntUp < currentItem.Key.FcntUp)
            {
                //create a new list if the FcntUp starts on a new range
                range = new List();

                //add the list to the parent list
                arraylist.Add(range);
            }

            //add the item to the sublist
            range.Add(item);

            //set the current item
            currentItem = item;
        }