Queryable.Aggregate Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Linq

Assembly:

System.Linq.Queryable.dll

Overloads

Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>)	Applies an accumulator function over a sequence. The specified seed value is used as the initial accumulator value, and the specified function is used to select the result value.
Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>)	Applies an accumulator function over a sequence. The specified seed value is used as the initial accumulator value.
Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>)	Applies an accumulator function over a sequence.

Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>)

Source:

Queryable.cs

Applies an accumulator function over a sequence. The specified seed value is used as the initial accumulator value, and the specified function is used to select the result value.

public:
generic <typename TSource, typename TAccumulate, typename TResult>
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TResult Aggregate(System::Linq::IQueryable<TSource> ^ source, TAccumulate seed, System::Linq::Expressions::Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TSource, TAccumulate> ^> ^ func, System::Linq::Expressions::Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult> ^> ^ selector);

public static TResult Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult> (this System.Linq.IQueryable<TSource> source, TAccumulate seed, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>> func, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TResult>> selector);

static member Aggregate : System.Linq.IQueryable<'Source> * 'Accumulate * System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<'Accumulate, 'Source, 'Accumulate>> * System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<'Accumulate, 'Result>> -> 'Result

<Extension()>
Public Function Aggregate(Of TSource, TAccumulate, TResult) (source As IQueryable(Of TSource), seed As TAccumulate, func As Expression(Of Func(Of TAccumulate, TSource, TAccumulate)), selector As Expression(Of Func(Of TAccumulate, TResult))) As TResult

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

TAccumulate

The type of the accumulator value.

TResult

The type of the resulting value.

Parameters

source

IQueryable<TSource>

A sequence to aggregate over.

seed

TAccumulate

The initial accumulator value.

func

Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>

An accumulator function to invoke on each element.

selector

Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TResult>>

A function to transform the final accumulator value into the result value.

Returns

TResult

The transformed final accumulator value.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

source or func or selector is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>) to apply an accumulator function and a result selector.

string[] fruits = { "apple", "mango", "orange", "passionfruit", "grape" };

// Determine whether any string in the array is longer than "banana".
string longestName =
    fruits.AsQueryable().Aggregate(
    "banana",
    (longest, next) => next.Length > longest.Length ? next : longest,
    // Return the final result as an uppercase string.
    fruit => fruit.ToUpper()
    );

Console.WriteLine(
    "The fruit with the longest name is {0}.",
    longestName);

// This code produces the following output:
//
// The fruit with the longest name is PASSIONFRUIT.

Dim fruits() As String = {"apple", "mango", "orange", "passionfruit", "grape"}

' Determine whether any string in the array is longer than "banana".
Dim longestName As String = _
    fruits.AsQueryable().Aggregate( _
    "banana", _
    Function(ByVal longest, ByVal fruit) IIf(fruit.Length > longest.Length, fruit, longest), _
    Function(ByVal fruit) fruit.ToUpper() _
)

MsgBox(String.Format( _
    "The fruit with the longest name is {0}.", longestName) _
)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' The fruit with the longest name is PASSIONFRUIT.

Remarks

This method has at least one parameter of type Expression<TDelegate> whose type argument is one of the Func<T,TResult> types. For these parameters, you can pass in a lambda expression and it will be compiled to an Expression<TDelegate>.

The Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>) method generates a MethodCallExpression that represents calling Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>) itself as a constructed generic method. It then passes the MethodCallExpression to the Execute<TResult>(Expression) method of the IQueryProvider represented by the Provider property of the source parameter.

The query behavior that occurs as a result of executing an expression tree that represents calling Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate,TResult>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>, Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TResult>>) depends on the implementation of the type of the source parameter. The expected behavior is that the specified function, func, is applied to each value in the source sequence and the accumulated value is returned. The seed parameter is used as the seed value for the accumulated value, which corresponds to the first parameter in func. The final accumulated value is passed to selector to obtain the result value.

To simplify common aggregation operations, the set of standard query operators also includes two counting methods, Count and LongCount, and four numeric aggregation methods, namely Max, Min, Sum, and Average.

Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>)

Source:

Queryable.cs

Applies an accumulator function over a sequence. The specified seed value is used as the initial accumulator value.

public:
generic <typename TSource, typename TAccumulate>
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TAccumulate Aggregate(System::Linq::IQueryable<TSource> ^ source, TAccumulate seed, System::Linq::Expressions::Expression<Func<TAccumulate, TSource, TAccumulate> ^> ^ func);

public static TAccumulate Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate> (this System.Linq.IQueryable<TSource> source, TAccumulate seed, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>> func);

static member Aggregate : System.Linq.IQueryable<'Source> * 'Accumulate * System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<'Accumulate, 'Source, 'Accumulate>> -> 'Accumulate

<Extension()>
Public Function Aggregate(Of TSource, TAccumulate) (source As IQueryable(Of TSource), seed As TAccumulate, func As Expression(Of Func(Of TAccumulate, TSource, TAccumulate))) As TAccumulate

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

TAccumulate

The type of the accumulator value.

Parameters

source

IQueryable<TSource>

A sequence to aggregate over.

seed

TAccumulate

The initial accumulator value.

func

Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>

An accumulator function to invoke on each element.

Returns

TAccumulate

The final accumulator value.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

source or func is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>) to apply an accumulator function when a seed value is provided to the function.

int[] ints = { 4, 8, 8, 3, 9, 0, 7, 8, 2 };

// Count the even numbers in the array, using a seed value of 0.
int numEven =
    ints.AsQueryable().Aggregate(
    0,
    (total, next) => next % 2 == 0 ? total + 1 : total
    );

Console.WriteLine("The number of even integers is: {0}", numEven);

// This code produces the following output:
//
// The number of even integers is: 6

Dim ints() As Integer = {4, 8, 8, 3, 9, 0, 7, 8, 2}

' Count the even numbers in the array, using a seed value of 0.
Dim numEven As Integer = _
    ints.AsQueryable().Aggregate( _
        0, _
        Function(ByVal total, ByVal number) _
            IIf(number Mod 2 = 0, total + 1, total) _
    )

MsgBox(String.Format("The number of even integers is: {0}", numEven))

' This code produces the following output:
'
' The number of even integers is: 6

Remarks

This method has at least one parameter of type Expression<TDelegate> whose type argument is one of the Func<T,TResult> types. For these parameters, you can pass in a lambda expression and it will be compiled to an Expression<TDelegate>.

The Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>) method generates a MethodCallExpression that represents calling Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>) itself as a constructed generic method. It then passes the MethodCallExpression to the Execute<TResult>(Expression) method of the IQueryProvider represented by the Provider property of the source parameter.

The query behavior that occurs as a result of executing an expression tree that represents calling Aggregate<TSource,TAccumulate>(IQueryable<TSource>, TAccumulate, Expression<Func<TAccumulate,TSource,TAccumulate>>) depends on the implementation of the type of the source parameter. The expected behavior is that the specified function, func, is applied to each value in the source sequence and the accumulated value is returned. The seed parameter is used as the seed value for the accumulated value, which corresponds to the first parameter in func.

To simplify common aggregation operations, the set of standard query operators also includes two counting methods, Count and LongCount, and four numeric aggregation methods, namely Max, Min, Sum, and Average.

Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>)

Source:

Queryable.cs

Applies an accumulator function over a sequence.

public:
generic <typename TSource>
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TSource Aggregate(System::Linq::IQueryable<TSource> ^ source, System::Linq::Expressions::Expression<Func<TSource, TSource, TSource> ^> ^ func);

public static TSource Aggregate<TSource> (this System.Linq.IQueryable<TSource> source, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>> func);

static member Aggregate : System.Linq.IQueryable<'Source> * System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<'Source, 'Source, 'Source>> -> 'Source

<Extension()>
Public Function Aggregate(Of TSource) (source As IQueryable(Of TSource), func As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TSource, TSource))) As TSource

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

source

IQueryable<TSource>

A sequence to aggregate over.

func

Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>

An accumulator function to apply to each element.

Returns

TSource

The final accumulator value.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

source or func is null.

InvalidOperationException

source contains no elements.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>) to build a sentence from an array of strings.

string sentence = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

// Split the string into individual words.
string[] words = sentence.Split(' ');

// Use Aggregate() to prepend each word to the beginning of the
// new sentence to reverse the word order.
string reversed =
    words.AsQueryable().Aggregate(
    (workingSentence, next) => next + " " + workingSentence
    );

Console.WriteLine(reversed);

// This code produces the following output:
//
// dog lazy the over jumps fox brown quick the

Dim sentence As String = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

' Split the string into individual words.
Dim words() As String = sentence.Split(" "c)

' Use Aggregate() to prepend each word to the beginning of the 
' new sentence to reverse the word order.
Dim reversed As String = _
    words.AsQueryable().Aggregate( _
        Function(ByVal workingSentence, ByVal nextWord) nextWord & " " & workingSentence _
    )

MsgBox(reversed)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' dog lazy the over jumps fox brown quick the

Remarks

This method has at least one parameter of type Expression<TDelegate> whose type argument is one of the Func<T,TResult> types. For these parameters, you can pass in a lambda expression and it will be compiled to an Expression<TDelegate>.

The Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>) method generates a MethodCallExpression that represents calling Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>) itself as a constructed generic method. It then passes the MethodCallExpression to the Execute<TResult>(Expression) method of the IQueryProvider represented by the Provider property of the source parameter.

The query behavior that occurs as a result of executing an expression tree that represents calling Aggregate<TSource>(IQueryable<TSource>, Expression<Func<TSource,TSource,TSource>>) depends on the implementation of the type of the source parameter. The expected behavior is that the specified function, func, is applied to each value in the source sequence and the accumulated value is returned. The first value in source is used as the seed value for the accumulated value, which corresponds to the first parameter in func.

To simplify common aggregation operations, the set of standard query operators also includes two counting methods, Count and LongCount, and four numeric aggregation methods, namely Max, Min, Sum, and Average.