Group by the first letter of name Using LINQ

Group by the first letter of name Using LINQ

Program:

                              List<String> names = new List<string>()

{ "Elizabeth", "Mr Christian", "James Stephens",   

  "Neal Sussman","Richard E", "Peter Banes",

                "William Cook", "Matthew D","Mark Dennis",

"Mrs Camilla Harrison", "Robert","John Smith"};

var groupedNames = from n in names

                   group n by n[0] into g

                   orderby g.Key

                   select new { FirstChar = g.Key, Names = g };

foreach (var group in groupedNames)

{

Console.WriteLine(group.FirstChar);

foreach (var name in group.Names)

{

Console.WriteLine("\t" + name);

}

}

    

 Console.ReadLine();

OutPut: