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The by contextual keyword is used in the group clause in a query expression to specify how the returned items should be grouped. For more information, see group clause (C# Reference).
Example
The following example shows the use of the by contextual keyword in a group clause to specify that the students should be grouped according to the first letter of the last name of each student.
var query = from student in students
group student by student.LastName[0];