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C# merge distinct items of 2 collections

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I'm looking for a performant way to add distinct items of a second ICollection to an existing one. I'm using .NET 4.

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0xbadf00d Avatar asked May 13 '11 14:05

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This should do it:

list1.Union(list2).Distinct(aCustomComparer).ToList()
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AD.Net Avatar answered Oct 31 '22 04:10

AD.Net


As long as they're IEnumerable, you can use the go-to Linq answer:

var union = firstCollection.Union(secondCollection);

This will use the default equality comparison, which for most objects is referential equality. To change this, you can define an IEqualityComparer generic to the item type in your collection that will perform a more semantic comparison, and specify it as the second argument of the Union.

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KeithS Avatar answered Oct 31 '22 03:10

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