Pre-increment assginement as Row Number to List - list

Question

i trying to assign a row number and a Set-number for List, but Set Number containing wrong number of rows in one set.
var objx = new List<x>();
var i = 0;
var r = 1;
objY.ForEach(x => objx .Add(new x
{
RowNumber = ++i,
DatabaseID= x.QuestionID,
SetID= i == 5 ? r++ : i % 5 == 0 ? r += 1 : r
}));
for Above code like objY Contains 23 rows, and i want to break 23 rows in 5-5 set.
so above code will give the sequence like[Consider only RowNumber]
[1 2 3 4 5][6 7 8 9][ 10 11 12 13 14 ].......
its a valid as by the logic
and if i change the logic for Setid as
SetID= i % 5 == 0 ? r += 1 : r
Result Will come Like
[1 2 3 4 ][5 6 7 8 9][10 11 12 13 14].
Again correct output of code
but expected for set of 5.
[1 2 3 4 5][ 6 7 8 9 10].........
What i missing.............
i should have taken my Maths class very Serious.

Answer 1

I think you want something like this:
var objX = objY.Select((x, i) => new { ObjX = x, Index = i })
.GroupBy(x => x.Index / 5)
.Select((g, i) =>
g.Select(x => new objx
{
RowNumber = x.Index + 1
DatabaseID = x.ObjX.QuestionID,
SetID = i + 1
}).ToList())
.ToList();
Note that i'm grouping by x.Index / 5 to ensure that every group has 5 items.
Here's a demo.
Update
it will be very helpful,if you can explain your logic
Where should i start? I'm using Linq methods to select and group the original list to create a new List<List<ObjX>> where every inner list has maximum 5 elements(less in the last if the total-count is not dividable by 5).
Enumerable.Select enables to project something from the input sequence to create something new. This method is comparable to a variable in a loop. In this case i project an anonymous type with the original object and the index of it in the list(Select has an overload that incorporates the index). I create this anonymous type to simply the query and because i need the index later in the GroupBy``.
Enumerable.GroupBy enables to group the elements in a sequence by a specified key. This key can be anything which is derivable from the element. Here i'm using the index two build groups of a maximum size of 5:
.GroupBy(x => x.Index / 5)
That works because integer division in C# (or C) results always in an int, where the remainder is truncated(unlike VB.NET btw), so 3/4 results in 0. You can use this fact to build groups of the specified size.
Then i use Select on the groups to create the inner lists, again by using the index-overload to be able to set the SetId of the group:
.Select((g, i) =>
g.Select(x => new objx
{
RowNumber = x.Index + 1
DatabaseID = x.ObjX.QuestionID,
SetID = i + 1
}).ToList())
The last step is using ToList on the IEnumerable<List<ObjX>> to create the final List<List<ObX>>. That also "materializes" the query. Have a look at deferred execution and especially Jon Skeets blog to learn more.