Queryable::GroupBy<TSource, TKey, TResult> Method (IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>>, Expression<Func<TKey, IEnumerable<TSource>, TResult>>)
Groups the elements of a sequence according to a specified key selector function and creates a result value from each group and its key.
Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
- TKey
The type of the key returned by the function represented in keySelector.
- TResult
The type of the result value returned by resultSelector.
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Linq::IQueryable<TSource>
An IQueryable<T> whose elements to group.
- keySelector
- Type: System.Linq.Expressions::Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>>
A function to extract the key for each element.
- resultSelector
- Type: System.Linq.Expressions::Expression<Func<TKey, IEnumerable<TSource>, TResult>>
A function to create a result value from each group.
Return Value
Type: System.Linq::IQueryable<TResult>An T:System.Linq.IQueryable`1 that has a type argument of TResult and where each element represents a projection over a group and its key.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IQueryable<TSource>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source or keySelector or resultSelector is nullptr. |
This method has at least one parameter of type Expression<TDelegate> whose type argument is one of the Func<T, TResult> types. For these parameters, you can pass in a lambda expression and it will be compiled to an Expression<TDelegate>.
The GroupBy<TSource, TKey, TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>>, Expression<Func<TKey, IEnumerable<TSource>, TResult>>) method generates a MethodCallExpression that represents calling GroupBy<TSource, TKey, TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>>, Expression<Func<TKey, IEnumerable<TSource>, TResult>>) itself as a constructed generic method. It then passes the MethodCallExpression to the CreateQuery<TElement>(Expression) method of the IQueryProvider represented by the Provider property of the source parameter.
The query behavior that occurs as a result of executing an expression tree that represents calling GroupBy<TSource, TKey, TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>>, Expression<Func<TKey, IEnumerable<TSource>, TResult>>) depends on the implementation of the type of the source parameter. The expected behavior is that it groups the elements of source by a key value that is obtained by invoking keySelector on each element. The resultSelector parameter is used to obtain a result value from each group and its key.
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