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Filter Rows Example (C#)

[C#]
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// Get namespaces.
using System;
using Simplexar.Statsar;

// Start namespace.
namespace Simplexar.Examples.Statsar
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example uses expressions to filter out unwanted rows from
    /// a data sheet. This method does not alter the data sheet. Instead
    /// a new data sheet with filtered rows is returned.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Example
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The application entry point.
        /// </summary>
        public static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                RunExample();
            }
            catch(Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(exception);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to terminate.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void RunExample()
        {
            // Create a calculator.
            StatsCalculator calculator = new StatsCalculator();
                       
            // Use the calculator to load the sheet.
            DataSheet sheet = calculator.Load(
                @"..\..\..\..\..\Data\Salaries.csv");
            Console.WriteLine(sheet);

            // Suppose we wish to filter this data to include only states
            // with a salary of at least $60,000 or above. The expression
            // we can use is: "Salary >= 60".
            DataSheet filterSheet1 = sheet.Filter("Salary >= 60");
            Console.WriteLine(filterSheet1);

            // As a second example, suppose that instead of salaries of at
            // least $60,000 we wanted to find out which states have a salary
            // of between $45,000 and $55,000 inclusive. We could use the
            // following expression to do this: "Salary >= 45 AND Salary <= 55"
            // However, the expression syntax also supports the BETWEEN
            // keyword, meaning that we can also use the following more
            // readable expression: "Salary BETWEEN 45 AND 55".
            DataSheet filterSheet2 = sheet.Filter("Salary BETWEEN 45 AND 55");
            Console.WriteLine(filterSheet2);
        }
    }
}