Question

can anyone help me write a linq query, its a bit confusing… Basically i have a variable which numeberOfDays in my code which for this example is 8

I have a table that lists this.

   DayFrom  DayTo    Price
   1        3        20
   4        5        30
   6        8        40
   8        25       150

I need to return from linq a line for every day in my case 8…

so hence i end up with

20   (because day 1 and its from 1 to 3)
20   (because day 2 and its from 1 to 3)
20   (because day 3 and its from 1 to 3)
30   (because day 4 and its from 4 to 5)
30   (because day 5 and its from 4 to 5)
40   (because day 6 and its from 6 to 8)
40   (because day 6 and its from 6 to 8)
40   (because day 7 and its from 6 to 8)
40   (because day 8 and its from 6 to 8)

// no more records will be listed because we are on 8 and its the last day..

SO basically i just need to return a TOTAL of all in this case

20+20+20+30+30+40+40+40+40 = 280 …..

I have no idea where to start,, if it was in code then i could use a counter for numOfDays and a for Next to check the day and the price in within Dayfrom and Dayto..

I would really appreciate any feedback..

Thanks

Answer 1

Assuming that you have a class named DataItem with the properties DayFrom, DayTo and Price, the following should work (note anyway that I haven’t tested it):

int Total(int numberOfDays, DataItem[] items){
    var query =
        from item in items
        let daysInData = Math.Min(item.DayTo, numberOfDays) - item.DayFrom + 1
        where item.DayFrom >= numberOfDays
        select item.Price * daysInData;
    return query.Sum();
}