C # LINQ - How to create a Group By clause dynamically

Question

I am working on an application where the user can select the columns that he wants to see on the screen and which columns are grouped or combined. So, in my LINQ section, I have to pass variables containing column names for both the group and aggregate clauses. Keep in mind that it DataTable dtcan store different data every time (for example, employee information, purchase orders, performance statistics, etc.). I can get information about data at runtime through dt.Columns[i].ColumnNameand dt.Columns[i].DataType.Name. Can anyone advise how to do this, I need something like this:

        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        da.Fill(dt);

        var query = from row in dt.AsEnumerable()
                    group row by new
                    {
                        foreach(DataColumn column in dt.Columns)
                        {
                           row[column.ColumnName];                          
                        }
                    } into grp

                    select new
                    {
                        foreach(DataColumn column in dt.Columns)
                        {
                           if(column.DataType.Name == "Decimal")
                           {
                             Sum(grp[column.ColumnName]);
                           }else{
                             grp[column.ColumnName];
                           }

                        }
                    };

Answer 1

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// as per OP, the list of columns to group by will be generated at runtime
IEnumerable<string> columnsToGroupBy = ...; 

NTuple :

var groups = dt.AsEnumerable()
    .GroupBy(r => new NTuple<object>(from column in columnsToGroupBy select r[column]));

:

public class NTuple<T> : IEquatable<NTuple<T>>
{
    public NTuple(IEnumerable<T> values)
    {
        Values = values.ToArray();
    }

    public readonly T[] Values;

    public override bool Equals(object obj)
    {
        if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj))
            return true;
        if (obj == null)
            return false;
        return Equals(obj as NTuple<T>);
    }

    public bool Equals(NTuple<T> other)
    {
        if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
            return true;
        if (other == null)
            return false;
        var length = Values.Length;
        if (length != other.Values.Length)
            return false;
        for (var i = 0; i < length; ++i)
            if (!Equals(Values[i], other.Values[i]))
                return false;
        return true;
    }

    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
        var hc = 17;
        foreach (var value in Values)
            hc = hc*37 + (!ReferenceEquals(value, null) ? value.GetHashCode() : 0);
        return hc;
    }
}

:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // some sample data
    var dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add("NAME", typeof(string));
    dt.Columns.Add("CITY", typeof(string));
    dt.Columns.Add("STATE", typeof(string));
    dt.Columns.Add("VALUE", typeof(double));
    dt.Rows.Add("Mike", "Tallahassee", "FL", 3);
    dt.Rows.Add("Mike", "Tallahassee", "FL", 6);
    dt.Rows.Add("Steve", "Tallahassee", "FL", 5);
    dt.Rows.Add("Steve", "Tallahassee", "FL", 10);
    dt.Rows.Add("Steve", "Orlando", "FL", 7);
    dt.Rows.Add("Steve", "Orlando", "FL", 14);
    dt.Rows.Add("Mike", "Orlando", "NY", 11);
    dt.Rows.Add("Mike", "Orlando", "NY", 22);

    // some "configuration" data
    IEnumerable<string> columnsToGroupBy = new[] {"CITY", "STATE"};
    string columnToAggregate = "VALUE";

    // the test routine
    foreach (var group in dt.AsEnumerable().GroupBy(r => new NTuple<object>(from column in columnsToGroupBy select r[column])))
    {
        foreach (var keyValue in group.Key.Values)
        {
            Debug.Write(keyValue);
            Debug.Write(':');
        }
        Debug.WriteLine(group.Sum(r => Convert.ToDouble(r[columnToAggregate])));
    }
}

Answer 2

QueryByCube, AdaptiveLINQ. Select, . AdaptiveLINQ GroupBy.