How to flatten a dictionary of lists into a single sequence?
Short answer: How to flatten a dictionary of lists into a single sequence? var dict = new Dictionary<string, List<string>> {"IT", new List<string> {"Bob", "Alice"}}, {"HR", new List<string> {"Eva", "John"}} Follow : var allEmployees = dict.SelectMany(kvp => kvp.Value); foreach (var name in allEmployees) Console.WriteLine(name); How to flatten a dictionary of lists into a single sequence?
Real-world example (ShopNest)
ShopNest uses LINQ to query orders: filter by date, project to a summary DTO, and order by total—readable C# that becomes SQL under EF Core.
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