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Sorting a formatted LINQ query

A sequence of non-empty strings stringList is given, containing only uppercase letters of the Latin alphabet. For all strings starting with the same letter, determine their total length and obtain a sequence of strings of the form "S-C", where S is the total length of all strings from stringList that begin with the character C. Order the resulting sequence in descending order of the numerical values of the sums, and for equal values of the sums, in ascending order of the C character codes.
This question is related to one of my previous questions.
One solution that works is this one:
stringList.GroupBy(x => x[0]).Select(g => $"{g.Sum(x => x.Length)}-{g.Key}");
The problem is that with this given example I don't know where to add the OrderByDescending()/ThenBy() clauses in order to get the correctly sorted list.

Create an intermediate data structure to store needed info and use it for sorting and then building the output:
stringList
.GroupBy(x => x[0])
.Select(g => (Length: g.Sum(x => x.Length), Char: g.Key))
.OrderByDescending(t => t.Length)
.ThenBy(t => t.Char)
.Select(t => $"{t.Length}-{t.Char}");

You're almost there. The cleanest way of doing it would be to make a more complex object with the properties you care about, use those to sort, then keep only what you want in the output. Like:
stringList
.GroupBy(x => x[0])
.Select(g => new {
Len = g.Sum(x => x.Length),
Char = g.Key,
Val = $"{g.Sum(x => x.Length)}-{g.Key}"
})
.OrderByDescending(x => Len)
.ThenBy(x => x.Char)
.Select(x => x.Val);

You can add a Select after the GroupBy to transform the groups into an anonymous object containing the things you want to sort by. Then you can use OrderByDescending and ThenBy to sort. After that, Select the formatted string you want:
stringList.GroupBy(x => x[0]) // assuming all strings are non-empty
.Select(g => new {
LengthSum = g.Sum(x => x.Length),
FirstChar = g.Key
})
.OrderByDescending(x => x.LengthSum)
.ThenBy(x => x.FirstChar)
.Select(x => $"{x.LengthSum}-{x.FirstChar}");
Alternatively, do it in the query syntax with let clauses, which I find more readable:
var query = from str in stringList
group str by str[0] into g
let lengthSum = g.Sum(x => x.Length)
let firstChar = g.Key
orderby lengthSum descending, firstChar
select $"{lengthSum}-{firstChar}";

C# Linq - Refactoring ForEach Loop with Sub List

Am trying to refactor some data in order to display some charts.
I can't seem to figure out why using the following, it lists all the values at the top rather than being sequential like the source data.
var categories = VehicleSales.Select(v => v.name).Distinct().ToList();
var refactoredResults = new List<StackedColumnChart>();
foreach (var category in categories)
{
var subresult = VehicleSales.Where(x => x.vehicleType == category)
.GroupBy(x => x.vehicleType)
.Select(gcs => new StackedColumnChart
{
Category = category,
Values = gcs.Select(x => (int)x.data).DefaultIfEmpty(0).ToList()
}).ToList();
refactoredResults.AddRange(subresult);
}
Source Data:
Then the actual results and expected results:
Thanks in advance!

You can do that without loop and selecting a distinct values, just use GroupBy method and map each group to StackedColumnChart using Select
var refactoredResults = VehicleSales
.GroupBy(s => s.Category)
.Select(g => new StackedColumnChart
{
Category = g.Key,
Values = g.Select(s => s.Value).ToList()
})
.ToList();
If the original data is not sorted and you'll need to sort the values by week number, you can use OrderBy clause before selecting a values Values = g.OrderBy(s => s.WeekNumber).Select(s => s.Value).ToList()

LINQ query has me baffled

How would I write a LINQ query to do the following?
I have a database table with a schema like this:
ID - Int
Time - DateTime
RecordType - Int
Msg - String
I want to get the newest (using 'Time' field) record for each 'RecordType'
Another restriction is that I'm only interested in certain RecordTypes - those contained in an int array.
The result of the query would be one record per RecordType - the newest record for this type.

var results = source.GroupBy(x => x.RecordType)
.Where(g => myRecordTypes.Contains(g.Key))
.Select(g => g.OrderByDescending(x => x.Time).First())
.ToList();
myRecordTypes is int[] with a set of RecordTypes you'd like to get as a result.
result will be List<Record> with one item per RecordType.
You can change to it to be e.g. Dictionary<int, Recort> by RecordType:
var results = source.GroupBy(x => x.RecordType)
.Where(g => myRecordTypes.Contains(g.Key))
.Select(g => new { g.Key, item = g.OrderByDescending(x => x.Time).First() })
.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.item);

Group them by record types, filter out the ones you want, and then select out the first of the items in that group ordered by time.
int[] recordTypes = GetRecordTypes();
var query = context.Table.GroupBy(item => item.RecordType)
.Where(group => recordTypes.Contains(group.Key))
.Select(group => group.OrderBy(item => item.Time).FirstOrDefault());

How do I .OrderBy() and .Take(x) this LINQ query?

The LINQ query below is working fine but I need to tweak it a bit.
I want all the records in the file grouped by recordId (a customer number) and then ordered by, in descending order, the date. I'm getting the grouping and the dates are in descending order. Now, here comes the tweaking.
I want the groups to be sorted, in ascending order, by recordId. Currently, the groups are sorted by the date, or so it seems. I tried adding a .OrderBy after the .GroupBy and couldn't get that to work at all.
Last, I want to .take(x) records where x is dependent on some other factors. Basically, the .take(x) will return the most-recent x records. I tried placing a .take(x) in various places and I wasn't getting the correct results.
var recipients = File.ReadAllLines(path)
.Select (record => record.Split('|'))
.Select (tokens => new
{
FirstName = tokens[2],
LastName = tokens[4],
recordId = tokens[13],
date = Convert.ToDateTime(tokens[17])
}
)
.OrderByDescending (m => m.date)
.GroupBy (m => m.recordId)
.Dump();
Edit #1 -
recordId is not unique. There may / will likely be multiple records with the same recordId. recordId is actually a customer number.
The output will be a resultset with first name, last name, date, and recordId. Depending on several factors, there many be 1 to 5 records returned for each recordId.
Edit #2 -
The .Take(x) is for the recordId. Each recordId may have multiple rows. For now, let's assume I want the most recent date for each recordId. (select top(1) when sorted by date descending)
Edit #3 -
The following query generates the following results. Note each recordId only produces 1 row in the output (this is okay) and it appears it is the most recent date. I haven't thouroughly checked this yet.
Now, how do I sort, in ascending order, by recordId?
var recipients = File.ReadAllLines(path)
.Select (record => record.Split('|'))
.Select (tokens => new
{
FirstName = tokens[2],
LastName = tokens[4],
recordId = Convert.ToInt32(tokens[13]),
date = Convert.ToDateTime(tokens[17])
}
)
.GroupBy (m => m.recordId)
.OrderByDescending (m => m.Max (x => x.date ) )
.Select (m => m.First () )
.Dump();
FirstName LastName recordId date
X X 2531334 3/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 1443809 10/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
X X 2570897 3/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 1960526 3/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 2475293 3/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 2601783 3/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 2581844 3/6/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 1773430 3/3/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 1723271 2/4/2003 12:00:00 AM
X X 1341886 2/28/2011 12:00:00 AM
X X 1427818 11/15/1986 12:00:00 AM

You can't that easily order by a field which is not part of the group by fields. You get a list for each group. This means, you get a list of date for each recordId.
You could order by Max(date) or Min(date).
Or you could group by recordId and date, and order by date.
order by most recent date:
.GroupBy (m => m.recordId)
// take the most recent date in the group
.OrderByDescending (m => m.Max(x => x.date))
.SelectMany(x => x.First
The Take part is another question. You could just add Take(x) to the expression, then you get this number of groups.
Edit:
For a kind of select top(1):
.GroupBy (m => m.recordId)
// take the most recent date in the group
.OrderByDescending (m => m.Max(x => x.date))
// take the first of each group, which is the most recent
.Select(x => x.First())
// you got the most recent record of each recordId
// and you can take a certain number of it.
.Take(x);
snipped I had before in my answer, you won't need it according to your question as it is now:
// create a separate group for each unique date and recordId
.GroupBy (m => m.date, m => m.recordId)
.OrderByDescending (m => m.Key)

This seems very similar to your other question - Reading a delimted file using LINQ
I don't believe you want to use Group here at all - I believe instead that you want to use OrderBy and ThenBy - something like:
var recipients = File.ReadAllLines(path)
.Select (record => record.Split('|'))
.Select (tokens => new
{
FirstName = tokens[2],
LastName = tokens[4],
recordId = tokens[13],
date = Convert.ToDateTime(tokens[17])
}
)
.OrderBy (m => m.recordId)
.ThenByDescending (m => m.date)
.Dump();
For a simple Take... you can just add this .Take(N) just before the Dump()
However, I'm not sure this is what you are looking for? Can you clarify your question?

just add
.OrderBy( g=> g.Key);
after your grouping. This will order your groupings by RecordId ascending.
Last, I want to .take(x) records where
x is dependent on some other factors.
Basically, the .take(x) will return
the most-recent x records.
If you mean by "the most recent" by date, why would you want to group by RecordId in the first place - just order by date descending:
..
.OrderByDescending (m => m.date)
.Take(x)
.Dump();
If you just want to get the top x records in the order established by the grouping though you could do the following:
...
.GroupBy (m => m.recordId)
.SelectMany(s => s)
.Take(x)
.Dump();

If you want something like the first 3 for each group, then I think you need to use a nested query like:
var recipients = File.ReadAllLines(path)
.Select(record => record.Split('|'))
.Select(tokens => new
{
FirstName = tokens[2],
LastName = tokens[4],
RecordId = tokens[13],
Date = Convert.ToDateTime(tokens[17])
}
)
.GroupBy(m => m.RecordId)
.Select(grouped => new
{
Id = grouped.Key,
First3 = grouped.OrderByDescending(x => x.Date).Take(3)
}
.Dump();
and if you want this flattened into a record list then you can use SelectMany:
var recipients = var recipients = File.ReadAllLines(path)
.Select(record => record.Split('|'))
.Select(tokens => new
{
FirstName = tokens[2],
LastName = tokens[4],
RecordId = tokens[13],
Date = Convert.ToDateTime(tokens[17])
}
)
.GroupBy(m => m.RecordId)
.Select(grouped => grouped.OrderByDescending(x => x.Date).Take(3))
.SelectMany(item => item)
.Dump();

LINQ - Need help with a statement/ scenario

Here's the scenario:
Given a List of Outputs each associated with an integer based GroupNumber. For each distinct GroupNumber within the List of Outputs starting with the lowest GroupNumber (1). Cycle through that distinct group number set and execute a validation method.
Basically, starting from the lowest to highest group number, validate a set of outputs first before validating a higher groupnumber set.
Thanks,
Matt

There's almost too many ways to solve this:
Here's one for a void Validate method.
source
.GroupBy(x => x.GroupNumber)
.OrderBy(g => g.Key)
.ToList()
.ForEach(g => Validate(g));
Here's one for a bool Validate method.
var results = source
.GroupBy(x => x.GroupNumber)
.OrderBy(g => g.Key)
.Select(g => new
{
GroupNumber = g.Key,
Result = Validate(g),
Items = g.ToList()
})
.ToList();

If you need them as groups:
var qry = source.GroupBy(x=>x.GroupNumber).OrderBy(grp => grp.Key);
foreach(var grp in qry) {
Console.WriteLine(grp.Key);
foreach(var item in grp) {...}
}
If you just need them ordered as though they are grouped:
var qry = source.OrderBy(x=>x.GroupNumber);