Remove duplicates from list based on multiple fields or columns in C#

Remove duplicates from list based on multiple fields or columns in C#

To remove duplicates from a list based on multiple fields or columns in C#, you can use the LINQ GroupBy method to group the items in the list by the fields or columns that you want to use as keys, and then select the first item from each group. Here's an example:

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

public class Person
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
}

List<Person> people = new List<Person>()
{
    new Person { FirstName = "John", LastName = "Doe", Age = 30 },
    new Person { FirstName = "Jane", LastName = "Doe", Age = 25 },
    new Person { FirstName = "John", LastName = "Doe", Age = 35 },
    new Person { FirstName = "Alice", LastName = "Smith", Age = 40 }
};

var uniquePeople = people.GroupBy(p => new { p.FirstName, p.LastName })
                         .Select(g => g.First())
                         .ToList();

In this example, we have a list of Person objects with three fields: FirstName, LastName, and Age. We want to remove duplicates from the list based on the FirstName and LastName fields.

We use the GroupBy method to group the people in the list by the FirstName and LastName fields, creating a new anonymous type with those two fields as the key. We then use the Select method to select the first person from each group, effectively removing duplicates based on the specified fields.

The resulting uniquePeople list will contain two Person objects (John Doe and Alice Smith) and will not contain the duplicate John Doe object with a different Age value.

Note that this approach will only remove duplicates based on the specified fields or columns, and will not take into account any other fields or columns that might differ between the duplicate objects. If you need to remove duplicates based on more complex criteria, you can write a custom equality comparer and use it with the Distinct method instead.

Examples

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