Question

Avg a value within a Dictionary using LINQ

Asked by: indy500fan

Friends,

I have a Dictionary, and the Key is simply a ping sequence number, and the values are comprised of Host (string) and ResponseTime (integer) and they are simply inside a class (see detail in Code).

What I am trying to do is get an average response time from all of the responses in this particular dictionary.

So, if I were going to do this like SQL, it would be some thing like:

Select AVG(ResponseTime) from PingResponse Where strHost = "1.1.1.1" or whatever IP i am using...

Or if it isn't possible to Average, I see the Aggregate property in the LINQ, and I could calculate the Average if I can get the sum of the PingResponse Times, like:

Select SUM(ResponseTime) from PingResponse Where strHost = "1.1.1.1"

Looking for LINQ syntax in VB.NET 2008 specifically.

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,
Eric


Private PingResponse As New Dictionary(Of Integer, clsPingResp)
    Dim PingResponseCount As Int64 = 0
 
Public Class clsPingResp
    Public strHost As String
    Public ResponseTime As Integer
End Class

                                  
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2009-08-29 at 13:02:42ID24692311
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Answers

 

by: Idle_MindPosted on 2009-08-29 at 14:23:33ID: 25215410

Hi again Eric!

Play with this simple example...   =)

Public Class Form1
 
    Private CurHost As String = "1.1.1.1"
    Private PingResponse As New Dictionary(Of Integer, clsPingResp)
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        MakeNewSampleData()
 
        Dim Response = Aggregate responses _
                        In (From cpr In PingResponse.Values _
                          Where cpr.strHost = CurHost) _
                        Into NumResponses = Count(responses.ResponseTime), _
                        MinResponse = Min(responses.ResponseTime), _
                        MaxResponse = Max(responses.ResponseTime), _
                        AvgResponse = Average(responses.ResponseTime)
 
        Dim msg As New System.Text.StringBuilder
        msg.AppendLine("Host: " & CurHost)
        msg.AppendLine("# Responses: " & Response.NumResponses)
        msg.AppendLine("Min Response Time: " & Response.MinResponse)
        msg.AppendLine("Max Response Time: " & Response.MaxResponse)
        msg.AppendLine("Avg Response Time: " & Response.AvgResponse)
        MessageBox.Show(msg.ToString, "Response Summary", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub MakeNewSampleData()
        Static R As New Random
        PingResponse.Clear()
        Dim min As Integer = R.Next(1, 51)
        Dim max As Integer = R.Next(50, 101)
        For i As Integer = 1 To R.Next(100, 501)
            ' add some data for the current host
            PingResponse.Add(i, New clsPingResp() With {.strHost = CurHost, .ResponseTime = R.Next(min, max)})
 
            ' add some other random host data to the dictionary:
            PingResponse.Add(1000 & i, New clsPingResp() With {.strHost = "a.a.a.a", .ResponseTime = R.Next(min, max)})
            PingResponse.Add(2000 & i, New clsPingResp() With {.strHost = "b.b.b.b", .ResponseTime = R.Next(min, max)})
            PingResponse.Add(3000 & i, New clsPingResp() With {.strHost = "c.c.c.c", .ResponseTime = R.Next(min, max)})
        Next
    End Sub
 
End Class
 
Public Class clsPingResp
    Public strHost As String
    Public ResponseTime As Integer
End Class

                                              
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by: Idle_MindPosted on 2009-08-29 at 14:38:12ID: 25215453

Here's another one that builds a summary for each distinct host:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private PingResponse As New Dictionary(Of Integer, clsPingResp)
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        MakeNewSampleData()
 
        Dim msg As New System.Text.StringBuilder
        For Each Host In From cpr In PingResponse.Values Select cpr.strHost Distinct
            Dim CurHost As String = Host
            Dim Response = Aggregate responses _
                            In (From cpr In PingResponse.Values _
                              Where cpr.strHost = CurHost) _
                            Into NumResponses = Count(responses.ResponseTime), _
                            MinResponse = Min(responses.ResponseTime), _
                            MaxResponse = Max(responses.ResponseTime), _
                            AvgResponse = Average(responses.ResponseTime)
 
 
            msg.AppendLine("Host: " & CurHost)
            msg.AppendLine("# Responses: " & Response.NumResponses)
            msg.AppendLine("Min Response Time: " & Response.MinResponse)
            msg.AppendLine("Max Response Time: " & Response.MaxResponse)
            msg.AppendLine("Avg Response Time: " & Response.AvgResponse)
            msg.AppendLine("--------------------------------------------")
        Next
 
        MessageBox.Show(msg.ToString, "Response Summary", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub MakeNewSampleData()
        Static R As New Random
        Static Hosts() As String = {"a.a.a.a", "b.b.b.b", "c.c.c.c", "d.d.d.d"}
        PingResponse.Clear()
        For i As Integer = 0 To Hosts.GetUpperBound(0)
            Dim min As Integer = R.Next(1, 51)
            Dim max As Integer = R.Next(50, 101)
            For j As Integer = 1 To R.Next(100, 501)
                PingResponse.Add(i * 1000 + j, New clsPingResp() With {.strHost = Hosts(i), .ResponseTime = R.Next(min, max)})
            Next
        Next
    End Sub
 
End Class
 
Public Class clsPingResp
    Public strHost As String
    Public ResponseTime As Integer
End Class

                                              
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by: indy500fanPosted on 2009-08-29 at 14:39:47ID: 25215458

Idle mind,

I will plug this in and try it, and get back to you!

 

by: indy500fanPosted on 2009-08-29 at 18:14:58ID: 31622099

Way cool!

Thank yOU!

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