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Merge lists in C#
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace test
{
class Person
{
public int Number { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
class PersonComparer : IEqualityComparer<Person>
{
public bool Equals(Person p1, Person p2)
{
return p1.Number == p2.Number;
}
public int GetHashCode(Person p)
{
return p.Number;
}
}
class MainClass
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
var nameParts = new[] { "fe", "se", "ra", "ko", "il", "as", "os", "de", "ik" };
var rnd = new Random();
var list1 = Enumerable.Range( 0, 1000).Select(n => new Person() { Number = n, Name = RandomName(rnd, nameParts) }).ToList();
var list2 = Enumerable.Range(500, 1000).Select(n => new Person() { Number = n, Name = RandomName(rnd, nameParts) }).ToList();
var watch = new Stopwatch();
for (int _ = 0; _ < 5; _++)
{
Console.Write("Lists and LINQ merge: ");
watch.Restart();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
var merged = new List<Person>(list1);
merged.AddRange(list2.Where(p2 => list1.All(p1 => p1.Number != p2.Number)));
}
Console.WriteLine(watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
Console.Write("Dictionary merge: ");
watch.Restart();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
var dict = list2.ToDictionary(p => p.Number);
foreach (var person in list1)
{
dict[person.Number] = person;
}
var merged = dict.Values.ToList();
}
Console.WriteLine(watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
Console.Write("LINQ Union and IEqualityComparer: ");
watch.Restart();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
var merged = list1.Union(list2, new PersonComparer()).ToList();
}
Console.WriteLine(watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
Console.Write("HashSet and IEqualityComparer: ");
watch.Restart();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
var hs = new HashSet<Person>(list1, new PersonComparer());
hs.UnionWith(list2);
var merged = hs.ToList();
}
Console.WriteLine(watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms\n");
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
public static string RandomName(Random rnd, string[] nameParts)
{
return String.Join("", Enumerable.Range(0, 4).Select(_ => nameParts[rnd.Next(nameParts.Length)]).ToArray());
}
}
}
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