Get name of list from listcollection with lowest amount of items

osyris zosar

I have multiple lists inside of a list, I would like to get the name of the list with the lowest amount of items inside of it
how can i achieve that the best possible way

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Sachin Singh5y ago
Accepted answer
to get the shortest list inside a list of list , just compare the length .
int minLength = nums.Min(y => y.Count());
var shortest = nums.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Count == minLength);
full example shown below
public static void Main()
       {
           var list1 = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
           var list2 = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4,5,6,7 };
           var list3 = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4,5 };
           var list4 = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3 };


           Listint>> nums = new Listint>>() { list1, list2, list3, list4 };
           int minLength = nums.Min(y => y.Count());
           var shortest = nums.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Count == minLength);


           foreach (var item in shortest)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item);
        }
           Console.ReadLine();
       }
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Mageshwaran R5y ago
Hey osyris,
Your problem Solved,
public void Example()
       {
           List emplist = new List() {
           new Employee() { Emp_ID = 1, Emp_Name = "Bharath",Emp_Salary = 50000 },
               new Employee() { Emp_ID = 2, Emp_Name = "Giri", Emp_Salary= 30000 },
               new Employee() { Emp_ID = 3, Emp_Name = "Magesh",  Emp_Salary= 10000 },
               new Employee() { Emp_ID = 4, Emp_Name = "Risheb", Emp_Salary= 70000 },

           };



            Employee emp = emplist.OrderBy(x => x.Emp_Salary).FirstOrDefault();
           var firstName = emp.Emp_Name;
       }

       public class Employee
       {
           public int Emp_ID { get; set; }
           public string Emp_Name { get; set; }
           public int Emp_Salary { get; set; }
       }
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Kiran Mohanty5y ago
You can use lambda expressions to achieve it as below
parentList.Sort((x,y)=> x.Count() < y.count());
var result = parentList[0]; // child list with less items
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