Question

How do I count, group and sort the following list based on a persons money with linq?

        Person[] names = { new Person{ Name = "Harris", Money = 100 }, 
                                new Person{ Name = "David", Money = 100 },
                                new Person{Name = "Harris", Money = 150},
                                new Person{Name = "Mike", Money = 100},
                                new Person{Name = "Mike", Money = 30},
                                new Person{Name = "Mike", Money = 20} };

The result would return:

Harris 250 
Mike 150 
David 100

Answer 1

from p in names
group p by p.Name into g
order by g.Key
select new { Name = g.Key, Amount = g.Sum(o => o.Amount) }