GroupBy and count the unique elements in a List

Question

I have a list that contains only strings. What I would love to do is group by and return a count.

For instance:

Foo1
Foo2
Foo3
Foo1
Foo2 
Foo2
         


        

Answer 1

var list = new List { "Foo1", "Foo2", "Foo3", "Foo2", "Foo3", "Foo3", "Foo1", "Foo1" };

var grouped = list
    .GroupBy(s => s)
    .Select(group => new { Word = group.Key, Count = group.Count() });