Question

I have a list of this object:

public class Customer
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
    public DateTime ServiceStartDate { get; set; }
    public DateTime? BillingStartDate { get; set; }
    public string Status { get; set; }
}

In preparation for making a chart displayed on a dashboard I am trying to condense this list into another list of this object:

public class DashboardCustomerConversions
{
    public string Month { get; set; }
    public int Trials { get; set; }
    public int Purchased { get; set; }
}

Where the end result looks something like:

Month       Trials   Purchases
---------   ------   ---------
Dec 2010    390      250
Jan 2011    345      190
Feb 2011    576      340

I am having a hard time coming up with a LINQ statement that can achieve the desired end result. This statement is very close:

var list = from b in results
           group b by new { b.ServiceStartDate.Year, b.ServiceStartDate.Month } into g
           select new Test
                      {
                          Month = string.Format("{0} {1}", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(g.Key.Month), g.Key.Year),
                          Trials = g.Count(),
                          Purchased = g.Count()
                      };

The obvious problem in is the “Purchased = g.Count()” line in that it just repeats the Trials result. I would like to count objects where the BillingStartDate.HasValue is true.

Is there a way to restructure the LINQ to make this work?

Edit: I would prefer a fluent style of syntax but I was unable to get the above to work. Answer in any variation would be great.

Answer 1

You need to pass a condition to the Count method.

Purchased = g.Count(q => q.BillingStartDate.HasValue)