Search the string in c# using LINQ

Question

I have a Dictionary> in c#

    Dictionary<string,List<string>> l_dictRawData;

which contains the values are :

                KEYS                 VALUES
   l_dictRawData["TamilNadu"] => VALUE[0] = "Chennai" VALUE[1] = "Madurai"
   l_dictRawData["Andhra"] = > VALUE[0] = "Hyderabad" VALUE[1] = "Secundarabad"
   l_dictRawData["Karnataka"] = > VALUE[0] = "mysore" VALUE[1] = "Bangalore"

Then i have the InputList

  List<string> l_lstInput = new List<string>();

Which contains the data are :

  l_lstInput[0] = "Hyderabad"
  l_lstInput[1] = "Secundarabad"

The result will be the (ie) if the dictionary l_dictRawData contains both "Hyderabad" and "Secundarabad" ,then select the KEy value .

 string l_strOutPut = "Andhra";

Here is my code :

                            var Query = from l_strData in l_dictRawData
                            from l_strItem in l_lstInput
                            where l_strData .Value.Contains(l_strItem )
                            select new
                            {
                                CityName = l_strItem,
                                StateName = l_strData.Key
                            };

How can i get the ouput using LINQ in c#

If u have any queries plz let me know

Answer 1

Well, a Dictionary with what you're looking for in the value isn't really an appropriate datastructure for this, but you can do:

var query = from pair in l_dictRawData
            where pair.Value.SequenceEquals(l_lstInput)
            select pair.Key;

That will give all the keys matching the given value. You can then use one of query.First() , query.FirstOrDefault() , query.Single() or query.SingleOrDefault() to get a single result, depending on your requirements.

Answer 2

For contains option to work as like we should also consider the case of the string for eg look below

searchUserName = searchUserName.ToLower();
            var results = orgUserEmailSettingsTOList.Where(c => c.UserDisplayName.ToLower().Contains("" + searchUserName + "")).ToList();

        return results;

Answer 3

I haven't tested but you should find that this works or else is close enough to amend to your needs:

var matches = (
from kvPair in l_dictRawData
where l_lstInput.Contains(kvPair.Value)
where l_lstInput.Contains(kvPair.Key)
select new {
MatchedVal = kvPair.Value
}
).ToList();

This will return all the key values from the dictionary where the dictionary item contains both of the elements present in you l_lstInput collection.