How to compare two generic list and remove duplicate from 2 list and save in third list

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I am having 2 generic list i just need to compare both list and reomve duplicate from that and save that unduplicate value in third list

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I have tried linq query but it is giving me duplicate from both the list but i need which is not duplicate

Posted 3-Mar-16 23:41pm

Aviinash

Updated 4-Mar-16 4:18am

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[no name] 4-Mar-16 6:01am

Can you provide a demo what do you want exactly in third list..

Philippe Mori 4-Mar-16 8:29am

And also where is your code (query)? Do you really that us can read in you mind or do you expect us to access your computer by the web...

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adriancs · Answer 1 · 2016-03-04T04:18:00

Solution 2

C#

foreach (var s in lst1)
{
    lst3.Add(s);
}

foreach (var s2 in lst2)
{
    bool existed = false;

    foreach (var s3 in lst3)
    {
        if (s2 == s3)
        {
            existed = true;
            break;
        }
    }

    if (!existed)
    {
        lst3.Add(s2);
    }
}

Posted 4-Mar-16 4:18am

adriancs

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2016-03-04T00:16:00

If I'm reading that right, you want the disjunction of the two lists - all of the items which are in one of the lists, but not in both.

There isn't a built-in LINQ method to do that, but it's fairly simple to implement:

C#

var disjunction = firstList.Except(secondList) // Items in the first list but not in the second
    .Concat(secondList.Except(firstList))      // Items in the second list but not in the first
    .ToList();

// Or:
var disjunction = new HashSet<YourType>(firstList);
disjunction.SymmetricExceptWith(secondList);

If your type doesn't implement IEquatable<T>[^], then you'll need to create a class which implements IEqualityComparer<T>[^], and pass an instance of that class as the second parameter to the Except method or the HashSet<T> constructor.