Group By Clause (Visual Basic)
Groups the elements of a query result. Can also be used to apply aggregate functions to each group. The grouping operation is based on one or more keys.
Syntax
Group [ listField1 [, listField2 [...] ] By keyExp1 [, keyExp2 [...] ]
Into aggregateList
Parts
listField1
,listField2
Optional. One or more fields of the query variable or variables that explicitly identify the fields to be included in the grouped result. If no fields are specified, all fields of the query variable or variables are included in the grouped result.
keyExp1
Required. An expression that identifies the key to use to determine the groups of elements. You can specify more than one key to specify a composite key.
keyExp2
Optional. One or more additional keys that are combined with
keyExp1
to create a composite key.aggregateList
Required. One or more expressions that identify how the groups are aggregated. To identify a member name for the grouped results, use the
Group
keyword, which can be in either of the following forms:Into Group
-or-
Into <alias> = Group
You can also include aggregate functions to apply to the group.
Remarks
You can use the Group By
clause to break the results of a query into groups. The grouping is based on a key or a composite key consisting of multiple keys. Elements that are associated with matching key values are included in the same group.
You use the aggregateList
parameter of the Into
clause and the Group
keyword to identify the member name that is used to reference the group. You can also include aggregate functions in the Into
clause to compute values for the grouped elements. For a list of standard aggregate functions, see Aggregate Clause.
Example
The following code example groups a list of customers based on their location (country/region) and provides a count of the customers in each group. The results are ordered by country/region name. The grouped results are ordered by city name.
Public Sub GroupBySample()
Dim customers = GetCustomerList()
Dim customersByCountry = From cust In customers
Order By cust.City
Group By CountryName = cust.Country
Into RegionalCustomers = Group, Count()
Order By CountryName
For Each country In customersByCountry
Console.WriteLine(country.CountryName &
" (" & country.Count & ")" & vbCrLf)
For Each customer In country.RegionalCustomers
Console.WriteLine(vbTab & customer.CompanyName &
" (" & customer.City & ")")
Next
Next
End Sub