cs11dotnet7/notebooks/Chapter11.dib

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# Chapter 11 - Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
- Writing LINQ expressions
- Working with sets using LINQ
- Using LINQ with EF Core
- Sweetening LINQ syntax with syntactic sugar
- Using multiple threads with parallel LINQ
- Creating your own LINQ extension methods
- Working with LINQ to XML

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# Writing LINQ expressions

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## Understanding deferred execution

#!csharp

using static System.Console;

#!csharp

// a string array is a sequence that implements IEnumerable<string>
string[] names = new[] { "Michael", "Pam", "Jim", "Dwight",
  "Angela", "Kevin", "Toby", "Creed" };

WriteLine("Deferred execution");

// Question: Which names end with an M?
// (written using a LINQ extension method)
var query1 = names.Where(name => name.EndsWith("m"));

// Question: Which names end with an M?
// (written using LINQ query comprehension syntax)
var query2 = from name in names where name.EndsWith("m") select name;

#!csharp

// Answer returned as an array of strings containing Pam and Jim
string[] result1 = query1.ToArray();

// Answer returned as a list of strings containing Pam and Jim
List<string> result2 = query2.ToList();

// Answer returned as we enumerate over the results
foreach (string name in query1)
{
  WriteLine(name); // outputs Pam
  //names[2] = "Jimmy"; // change Jim to Jimmy
  // on the second iteration Jimmy does not end with an M
}

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## Filtering entities with Where

#!csharp

static bool NameLongerThanFour(string name)
{
  return name.Length > 4;
}

#!csharp

WriteLine("Writing queries");

// var query = names.Where(
//   new Func<string, bool>(NameLongerThanFour));

// var query = names.Where(NameLongerThanFour);

IOrderedEnumerable<string> query = names
  .Where(name => name.Length > 4)
  .OrderBy(name => name.Length)
  .ThenBy(name => name);

foreach (string item in query)
{
  WriteLine(item);
}

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## Filtering by type

#!csharp

WriteLine("Filtering by type");

List<Exception> exceptions = new()
{
  new ArgumentException(),
  new SystemException(),
  new IndexOutOfRangeException(),
  new InvalidOperationException(),
  new NullReferenceException(),
  new InvalidCastException(),
  new OverflowException(),
  new DivideByZeroException(),
  new ApplicationException()
};

#!csharp

IEnumerable<ArithmeticException> arithmeticExceptionsQuery =
  exceptions.OfType<ArithmeticException>();

foreach (ArithmeticException exception in arithmeticExceptionsQuery)
{
  WriteLine(exception);
}

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## Working with sets and bags using LINQ

#!csharp

static void Output(IEnumerable<string> cohort, string description = "")
{
  if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(description))
  {
    WriteLine(description);
  }
  Write(" ");
  WriteLine(string.Join(", ", cohort.ToArray()));
  WriteLine();
}

#!csharp

string[] cohort1 = new[]
  { "Rachel", "Gareth", "Jonathan", "George" };
string[] cohort2 = new[]
  { "Jack", "Stephen", "Daniel", "Jack", "Jared" };
string[] cohort3 = new[]
  { "Declan", "Jack", "Jack", "Jasmine", "Conor" };
Output(cohort1, "Cohort 1");
Output(cohort2, "Cohort 2");
Output(cohort3, "Cohort 3");
Output(cohort2.Distinct(), "cohort2.Distinct()");
/* DistinctBy is only available in .NET 6 and later
Output(cohort2.DistinctBy(name => name.Substring(0, 2)),
  "cohort2.DistinctBy(name => name.Substring(0, 2)):");
*/
Output(cohort2.Union(cohort3), "cohort2.Union(cohort3)");
Output(cohort2.Concat(cohort3), "cohort2.Concat(cohort3)");
Output(cohort2.Intersect(cohort3), "cohort2.Intersect(cohort3)");
Output(cohort2.Except(cohort3), "cohort2.Except(cohort3)");
Output(cohort1.Zip(cohort2,(c1, c2) => $"{c1} matched with {c2}"),
  "cohort1.Zip(cohort2)");

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# Using LINQ with EF Core

.NET Interactive Notebooks for SQL Server does not yet support custom EF Core models.

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# Using multiple threads with parallel LINQ

To see it in action, we will start with some code that only uses a single thread to calculate Fibonacci numbers for 45 integers.

#!csharp

using System.Diagnostics;

Stopwatch watch = new();

//Write("Press ENTER to start. ");
//ReadLine();
watch.Start();

int max = 45;

IEnumerable<int> numbers = Enumerable.Range(start: 1, count: max);

WriteLine($"Calculating Fibonacci sequence up to {max}. Please wait...");

int[] fibonacciNumbers = numbers.AsParallel()
  .Select(number => Fibonacci(number))
  .OrderBy(number => number)
  .ToArray();

watch.Stop();
WriteLine("{0:#,##0} elapsed milliseconds.",
  arg0: watch.ElapsedMilliseconds);

Write("Results:");
foreach (int number in fibonacciNumbers)
{
  Write($" {number}");
}

static int Fibonacci(int term) =>
  term switch
  {
    1 => 0,
    2 => 1,
    _ => Fibonacci(term - 1) + Fibonacci(term - 2)
  };