selecting repeated values from distinct group using LINQ

Question

I have a Datatable as below and I want to select repeated names from other Classes

Name    Class
Akbar   1B
Akbar   1B
Amar    1A
Amar    1C
Antoney 1A
Bindhu  1B
Bindhu  1D
John    1C
Raj     1B
Bindhu  2A

Th result should be as below

Amar    1A
Amar    1C
Bindhu  1D
Bindhu  1B
Bindhu  2A

Thanks in advance for any guidance

Code

var dtStudents = new DataTable();
dtStudents.Columns.Add("StudentID", typeof(int));
dtStudents.Columns.Add("StudentName", typeof(string));
dtStudents.Columns.Add("Class", typeof(string));
dtStudents.Columns.Add("ContactNo", typeof(string));

DataRow drStudent = dtStudents.NewRow();

drStudent["StudentID"] = 1;
drStudent["StudentName"] = "Akbar";
drStudent["Class"] = "1B";
drStudent["ContactNo"] = "989878679";
dtStudents.Rows.Add(drStudent);

dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Akabr", "1B", "989777" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Amar", "1A", "3453" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Amar", "1C", "543534" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 5, "Antoney", "1A", "54345" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 6, "Bindhu", "1B", "53453" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 7, "Bindhu", "1D", "3453453" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 8, "John", "1C", "3245345" });
dtStudents.Rows.Add(new object[] { 9, "Bindhu", "2A", "5345345" });

var results =
    from d in dtStudents.AsEnumerable()
    select d;

dataGridView1.DataSource = results.CopyToDataTable<DataRow>();

Answer 1

var results = dtStudents.AsEnumerable()
    .GroupBy(
        x => x.Field<string>("StudentName"), // group by student name
        (k, xs) => xs.GroupBy(
            x1 => x1.Field<string>("Class"), // group by class
            (k1, xs1) => xs1.First())) // if there are duplicates, take only the first
    .Where(x => x.Count() >= 2) // remove if student only has one class
    .SelectMany(x => x); // flatten back to a single collection

dataGridView1.DataSource = results.CopyToDataTable<DataRow>();

Answer 2

Well, you don't really specify how you are connecting to your database so... regardless, let's assume you have some IQueryable called, I don't know, classes , or something. Then you can do the following:

classes
.GroupBy(
    x => x.Name, 
    (key, values) => new { Name = key, Classes = values.Select(x => x.Class).Distinct())
.Where(x => x.Classes.Take(2).Count() == 2)

Answer 3

I would go about this this way:

var results =
    dtStudents
        .AsEnumerable()
        .Select(x => new
        {
            StudentID = (int)x[0],
            StudentName = (string)x[1],
            Class = (string)x[2],
            ContactNo = (string)x[3],
        })
        .GroupBy(
            x => x.StudentName,
            (key, xs) => new 
            { 
                StudentName = key,
                Classes = xs.Select(x => x.Class).Distinct()
            })
        .Where(x => x.Classes.Skip(1).Any())
        .SelectMany(x => x.Classes
            .Select(y => new 
            { 
                StudentName = x.StudentName,
                Class = y
            }));