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How do I do a sum of gridview cells from selected rows in WPF using c#?


If I had to do a sum of a specific columns of selected rows in a DataGridView, I would usually do something like

decimal total = myDGV.SelectedRows.OfType<DataGridViewRow>()
    .Sum(t => Convert.ToDecimal(t.Cells[2].Value));

How do I do that in WPF?

If I did:

decimal total = myGrid.SelectedItems.OfType<DataGridRow>()
    .Sum(t => Convert.ToDecimal(t.Cells[2].Value));

I get an error 'System.Windows.Controls.DataGridRow' does not contain a definition for 'Cells' and no extension method 'Cells' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Windows.Controls.DataGridRow' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) (CS1061)

Help please.


Solution

  • I'm not that knowledgeable in LINQ, but this should do the job:

    List<decimal> targetCells = new List<decimal>();
    
    for (int i = 0; i < myGrid.SelectedItems.Count; i++)
    {
        DataRowView row = (DataRowView)myGrid.SelectedItems[i];
        targetCells.Add(Convert.ToDecimal(row[2].ToString()));
    }
    
    decimal total = targetCells.Sum();
    

    Maybe someone else will show you how to do this in a single LINQ query (if it can be done) :).