Distinct list of objects based on an arbitrary key in LINQ

Question

I have some objects:

class Foo {
    public Guid id;
    public string description;
}

var list = new List();
list.Add(new Foo() { id = Guid.Empt         


        

Answer 1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var list = new List();
            list.Add(new Foo() { id = Guid.Empty, description = "empty" });
            list.Add(new Foo() { id = Guid.Empty, description = "empty" });
            list.Add(new Foo() { id = Guid.NewGuid(), description = "notempty" });
            list.Add(new Foo() { id = Guid.NewGuid(), description = "notempty2" });

            var unique = from l in list
                         group l by new { l.id, l.description } into g
                         select g.Key;
            foreach (var f in unique)
                Console.WriteLine("ID={0} Description={1}", f.id,f.description);
            Console.ReadKey(); 
        }
    }

    class Foo
    {
        public Guid id;
        public string description;
    }
}