How to use LINQ with a 2 dimensional array

Question

I have a 2-dimensional byte array that looks something like this:

0 0 0 0 1

1 1 1 1 0

0 0 1 1 1

1 0 1 0 1

Answer 1

It's hard to work with multidimentional arrays with LINQ, but here's how you could do:

var arr = new [,] { { 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 }, { 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 }, { 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 }, { 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 } };

var data =
    Enumerable.Range(0, 4)
        .Select(
            row =>
                new
                {
                    index = row,
                    count = Enumerable.Range(0, 5).Select(col => arr[row, col]).Count(x => x == 1)
                })
        .OrderByDescending(x => x.count)
        .Select(x => x.index)
        .First();