Convert List> into List in C#

Question

I have a List>. I would like to convert it into a List where each int is unique. I was wondering if anyone had a

Answer 1

List> l = new List>();

l.Add(new List { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6});
l.Add(new List { 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 });
l.Add(new List { 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 });

var result = (from e in l
              from e2 in e
              select e2).Distinct();

Update 09.2013

But these days I would actually write it as

var result2 = l.SelectMany(i => i).Distinct();