C# 10 .Net 6 MinBy MaxBy Linq projection to single property

Question

Is there a inline way to project properties after the new MinBy or MaxBy calls in C# 10 .Net 6?

double topPriceInList = prices.MaxBy(h => h.High)."Select(h => h.High)";

Certainly Visual Studio 2021 doesn't like any that I have tried.

Answer 1

MaxBy(this IEnumerable<T>) and MinBy(this IEnumerable<T>) don't return IEnumerable<T> - they return single elements (i.e. T), so just do this:

double topPriceInList = prices.MaxBy(h => h.High).High;

That said, that code above doesn't need MaxBy, just use Max:

double topPriceInList = prices.Max(h => h.High);

// or:

double topPriceInList = prices.Select(h => h.High).Max();

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• Note that Min, Max, MinBy, and MaxBy will all throw an exception at runtime if the source collection is empty (or any previous .Where steps eliminated all elements)
• ...so you may need to use MinOrDefault, MaxOrDefault, MaxByOrDefault, or MaxByOrDefault, in which case use the null-safe navigation operator ?. (aka elvis-operator).
  • But make sure the ...OrDefault() extension-method is invoked on IEnumerable<Nullable<T>> and not IEnumerable<T> because default(T) for value-types is never null which is a frequent source of bugs.

double? topPriceInListOrNull = prices.Select(h => (double?)h.High).MaxOrDefault();