Select Distinct List of Words from Array with LINQ

Question

I'm trying to get a distinct list of words from an array of words with the following code:

string words = "this is a this b";

var split = words.Split(' ');

IEnumerable<Word> distinctWords = (from w in split
                          select new Word
                                     {
                                         Text = w.ToString()
                                     }
                         ).Distinct().ToList();

I thought this would take out the double occurrence of 'this' but it returns a list of each word int he phrase.

Can somebody please suggest how I can go about getting a distinct list? Thanks

Dave

Answer 1

In your example, each Word object is distinct, because there is no comparison which looks at the Text property.

However, there's no reason to create a new object:

var distinctWords = (from w in split 
                      select w).Distinct().ToList(); 

Or more simply:

var distinctWords = new List<string>(split.Distinct());