Get name of list from listcollection with lowest amount of items

Question

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

Sachin Singh · 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 }; List int >> nums = new List int >>() { 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(); }

Kiran Mohanty · Answer

You can use lambda expressions to achieve it as below parentList.Sort((x,y)=> x.Count() var result = parentList[0]; // child list with less items

Mageshwaran R · Answer

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 ; } }