C# Folks! I have 2 List that I want to compare.
Example:
List<string> ONE contains:
A
B
C
List<string> TWO contains:
B
C
I know I can achieve the results of ONE if I do:
ONE.Except(TWO);
Results: A
How can I do the same if my Lists contain a file extension for each Element?
List<string> ONE contains:
A.pdf
B.pdf
C.pdf
List<string> TWO contains: (will always have .txt extension)
B.txt
C.txt
Results should = A.pdf
I realized that I need to display the full filename (A.pdf) in a report at the end, so I cannot strip the extension, like I originally did.
Thanks for the help!
EDIT: This is how I went about it, but I am not sure if this is the "best" or "most performant" way to actually solve it, but it does seem to work...
foreach (string s in ONE)
{
//since I know TWO will always be .txt
string temp = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(s) + ".txt";
if (TWO.Contains(temp))
{
// yes it exists, do something
}
else
{
// no it does not exist, do something
}
}
This a very straightforward and a easy code , but if your requirement has more file extension
List<string> lstA = new List<string>() { "A.pdf", "B.pdf", "C.pdf" };
List<string> lstB = new List<string>() { "B.txt", "C.txt" };
foreach (var item in lstA)
{
if (lstB.Contains(item.Replace(".pdf",".txt"))==false)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
}