Using FindAll in the <List <T>> type list

Question

Assuming

public class MyClass
{
   public int ID {get; set; }
   public string Name {get; set; }
}

and

List<MyClass> classList = //populate with MyClass instances of various IDs

I can do

List<MyClass> result = classList.FindAll(class => class.ID == 123);

and this will give me a list of only classes with ID = 123. Works great, looks elegant.

Now if i had

List<List<MyClass>> listOfClassLists = //populate with Lists of MyClass instances

How to get a filtered list in which the lists themselves are filtered. I tried

List<List<MyClass>> result = listOfClassLists.FindAll
                      (list => list.FindAll(class => class.ID == 123).Count > 0);

It looks elegant but does not work. It includes only lists of classes in which at least one class has the identifier 123, but it includes all instances of MyClass in this list, and not just those that correspond.

I had to do

List<List<MyClass>> result = Results(listOfClassLists, 123);

private List<List<MyClass>> Results(List<List<MyClass>> myListOfLists, int id)
{
   List<List<MyClass>> results = new List<List<MyClass>>();
   foreach (List<MyClass> myClassList in myListOfLists)
   {
      List<MyClass> subList = myClassList.FindAll(myClass => myClass.ID == id);
      if (subList.Count > 0)
         results.Add(subList);
   }
   return results;
}

who does his job, but not so elegant. Just looking for the best ways to make FindAll in a list of lists.
Ken

Answer 1

, - :

MyClass a = new MyClass() { ID = 123, Name = "Apple" };
MyClass b = new MyClass() { ID = 456, Name = "Banana" };
MyClass c = new MyClass() { ID = 789, Name = "Cherry" };
MyClass d = new MyClass() { ID = 123, Name = "Alpha" };
MyClass e = new MyClass() { ID = 456, Name = "Bravo" };

List<List<MyClass>> lists = new List<List<MyClass>>()
{
    new List<MyClass>() { a, b, c },
    new List<MyClass>() { d, e },
    new List<MyClass>() { b, c, e}
};

var query = lists
            .Select(list => list.Where(item => item.ID == 123).ToList())
            .Where(list => list.Count > 0).ToList();

List<List<MyClass>> MyClass, . , Where, Select, Select. Where.

Answer 2

listOfClasses.SelectMany(x = > x).FindAll(/* yadda */)

, FindAll - List <T> .

var result = from x in listOfClasses from y in x where SomeCondition(y) select y;

var result = listOfClasses.SelectMany(x=>x).Where(x=>SomeCondition(x));

Answer 3

, ,

List<List<string>> stuff = new List<List<string>>();

List<List<string>> results = new List<List<string>>();

stuff.ForEach(list=> {var result = list.FindAll(i => i == "fun").ToList();
        if (result.Count > 0) results.Add(result);
    });

List<string> flatResult = new List<string>();

stuff.ForEach(List => flatResult.AddRange(List.FindAll(i => i == "fun")));

, . Linq : -).

Answer 4

List<MyClass> , :

var result = (from list in ListOfClassLists
                          let listWithTheId=
                              (
                               (from myClass in list
                                where myClass.ID == id
                                select myClass)
                                .ToList()
                              )
                          where listWithTheId.Count > 0
                          select listWithTheId
             ).ToList();

:

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

namespace ListOfListSelectionSpike
{
    public class ListSpikeClass
    {
        public List<List<MyClass>> ListOfClassLists { get; set; }

        private List<MyClass> list1, list2, list3;

        public ListSpikeClass()
        {
            var myClassWithId123 = new MyClass("123");
            var myClassWithIs345 = new MyClass("456");
            list1 = new List<MyClass> { myClassWithId123, myClassWithIs345 };
            list2 = new List<MyClass> { myClassWithId123, myClassWithIs345, myClassWithId123 };
            list3 = new List<MyClass> { myClassWithIs345, myClassWithIs345 };
            ListOfClassLists = new List<List<MyClass>> { list1, list2, list3 };
        }

        public List<List<MyClass>> GetListOfListsById(string id)
        {
            var result = (from list in ListOfClassLists
                          let listWithTheId =
                              ((from myClass in list
                                where myClass.ID == id
                                select myClass)
                                .ToList())
                          where listWithTheId.Count > 0
                          select listWithTheId)
                          .ToList();
            return result;
        }
    }

    public class MyClass
    {
        public MyClass(string id)
        {
            ID = id;
            Name = "My ID=" + id;
        }
        public string ID { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
}