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prints the unique Category names
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        List<Product> products = GetProductList(); var categoryNames = (
             from p in products
             select p.Category)
             .Distinct();

        Console.WriteLine("Category names:");
        foreach (var n in categoryNames) {
            Console.WriteLine(n);
        }
    }
    static List<Product> GetProductList() {
        List<Product> empTree = new List<Product>();
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "A", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 12, UnitsInStock = 5, Total = 36, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "B", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 2, UnitsInStock = 4, Total = 35, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "C", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "D", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "E", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        empTree.Add(new Product ProductName = "F", Category = "O", UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(200511), Id = });
        return empTree;
    }
}
class Product : IComparable<Product> {
    public string ProductName get; set; }
    public string Category get; set; }
    public int UnitPrice get; set; }
    public int UnitsInStock get; set; }
    public int Total get; set; }
    public DateTime OrderDate get; set; }
    public int Id get; set; }

    public override string ToString() {
        return String.Format("Id: {0}, Name: {1} , Category: {3}"this.Id, this.ProductName, this.Category);
    }
    int IComparable<Product>.CompareTo(Product other) {
        if (other == null)
            return 1;
        if (this.Id > other.Id)
            return 1;

        if (this.Id < other.Id)
            return -1;

        return 0;
    }
}

 
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