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Cesar Aguirre @canro91

LINQ DistinctBy Method Explained In .NET 6

LINQ DistinctBy method explained: returns unique objects based on one property, useful for complex object collections. Source code breakdown shows how it uses a set to keep track of unique keys.

I originally published this post on my blog a couple of weeks ago. It's part of a post series about LINQ.


"You should be ready, willing, and able to read the source code of your dependencies."
That's a piece of advice I found and shared in a past edition of my Monday Links.
Inspired by that advice, let's see what's inside the new LINQ DistinctyBy method.

  
  
  What DistinctBy does

DistinctBy returns the objects containing unique values based on one of their properties. It works on collections of complex objects, not just on plain values.
DistinctBy is one of the new LINQ methods introduc...