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Hi,
I am new to LINQ, here is my question:
I have a List of a class, an item which is present in only one List (ItemID), and a List of List. I know how to check if the ItemID exists in the list, but I don't know how to check if the it exists in the List of List. Here is my code to check if the item exists in a list:

List<MyClass> list = new List<MyClass>;
List<List<MyClass>> Lists= new List<List<MyClass>>();
If (List.Exists(x => x.ItemID == itemIndicator.ItemID))


Please, I would like to check the ItemID in the Lists instead of List.

What I have tried:

I tried:

C#
If (Lists.Exists(x => x.ItemID == itemIndicator.ItemID))


But it shows an error because the ItemID belongs to the list, not to the List of List.
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Updated 24-Mar-18 1:29am

Try:
If (Lists.Exists(x => x.Exists(y => y.ItemID == itemIndicator.ItemID)))
 
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C#
<pre>if(lists.SelectMany(x => x).ToList().Exists(y => y.ItemID == itemIndicator.ItemID))
 
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Comments
Clifford Nelson 27-Apr-18 7:47am    
Why do you have the ToList(). Should not need that.
Pushkar Prabhu 14-May-18 11:56am    
SelectMany<t> returns IEnumerable<t>. We can not use Exists on IEnumerable<t>. It is available only on List<t>. So i have used ToList<t> to convert IEnumrable<t> to List<t>.
Richard Deeming 15-May-18 13:44pm    
It would be much more efficient to use Any:
lists.SelectMany(x => x).Any(y => y.ItemID == itemIndicator.ItemID)

Or the alternative that Griff posted in solution 1.
Pushkar Prabhu 18-Nov-18 14:06pm    
any should be used instead of Exists.
Exists works on List<t> where as Any works on IEnumerable<t>.

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