Compare values of datatable and remove duplicate

Padmanabhan, Venkatesh 120 Reputation points
2023-04-14T12:02:23.64+00:00

Hi. I have a data table with few columns. F some of the columns, I have some duplicate values.

col1 col2 col3
Region cell2 Cell 2
Region cell2 Cell 4
Green cell3 cell5
Green cell3 cell7

For example: I want to compare the col1 values and then keep the datatable as below. How to achieve this ?

col1 col2 col3
Region cell2 Cell 2
cell2 Cell 4
Green cell3 cell5
cell3 cell7

Thanks

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  1. Jiale Xue - MSFT 43,046 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-04-14T14:32:09.3333333+00:00

    Hi @Padmanabhan, Venkatesh ,welcome to Microsoft Q&A.

    You could directly add a null value directly from the second line when creating it.

    You could create a HashSet<string>. Start traversing from the first row, if the current row value is not in it, keep it and save it in HashSet; if it exists, make it empty.

    The specific code is as follows:

    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add("col1");
    dt.Columns.Add("col2");
    dt.Columns.Add("col3");
    dt.Rows.Add("Region", "Cell 2", "XXXX 3");
    dt.Rows.Add("Region", "Cell 5", "XXXX 4");
    dt.Rows.Add("Region", "Cell 6", "XXXX 7");
    dt.Rows.Add("Green", "cell5", "XXXX 8");
    dt.Rows.Add("Green", "cell7", "XXXX 9");
    HashSet<string> seenCol1Values = new HashSet<string>();
    for (int i = 0; i <= dt.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
    {
        DataRow row = dt.Rows[i];
        string col1Value = row["col1"].ToString();
        if (seenCol1Values.Contains(col1Value))
        {
            row["col1"] = DBNull.Value;
        }
        else
        {
            seenCol1Values.Add(col1Value);
        }
    }
    dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;
    

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    Best Regards,

    Jiale


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