How to Remove Duplicates and Get Distinct records from List using LINQ?

01	using System;

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03	using System.Collections.Generic;

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05	using System.Data;

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07	using System.Linq;

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09	namespace AbundantCode

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{

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13	internal class Program

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{

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17	//How to Remove Duplicates and Get Distinct records from List using LINQ ?

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19	private static void Main(string[] args)

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{

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23	List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>()

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{

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27	new Employee { EmpID = 1 , Name ="Ram"},

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29	new Employee { EmpID = 2 , Name ="Magi"},

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31	new Employee { EmpID = 3 , Name ="Muni"},

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33	new Employee { EmpID = 3 , Name ="Natarajan"}

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};

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37	//Gets the Distinct List

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39	var DistinctItems = employees.GroupBy(x => x.EmpID).Select(y => y.First());

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41	foreach(var item in DistinctItems)

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43	Console.WriteLine(item.Name);

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45	Console.ReadLine();

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}

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}

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51	public class Employee

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{

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55	public string Name { get; set; }

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57	public int EmpID { get; set; }

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}

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}