Single Key Multiple Values Data Structure for one to many mapping
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Dictionaries would not allow duplicate keys.
I came across a nice way to represent such a Data Structure using one of the Extension Method (ToLookup) present in System.Linq Namespace which converts an IEnumerable<T> to an ILookup<TKey, TElement>.
Now, there are two parameters this method expects (The other overload expects 3 parameters):
- IEnumerable<TSource> - This list would contain the actual data.
-
Func<TSource,
TKey> keySelector - The Delegate which which computes the keys
The method returns the following:
ILookup<TKey, TElement>
This DS would store Keys and multiple values along those keys.
Let's see a small example:
12 using System;
13 using System.Collections.Generic;
14 using System.Linq;
15
16 /// <summary>
17 /// </summary>
18 internal class Program
19 {
20 #region Methods
21
22 /// <summary>
23 /// </summary>
24 /// <param name="args">
25 /// The args.
26 /// </param>
27 private static void Main(string[] args)
28 {
29 // Create an array of strings.
30 var list = new List<string> { "IceCream1", "Chocolate Moose", "IceCream2" };
31
32 // Generate a lookup Data Structure
33 ILookup<int, string> lookupDs = list.ToLookup(item => item.Length);
34
35 // Enumerate groupings.
36 foreach (var group in lookupDs)
37 {
38 foreach (string element in group)
39 {
40 Console.WriteLine(element);
41 }
42 }
43 }
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