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Get the count of all employees hired this year
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Imports System
Imports System.Xml.Linq
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim employees As XElement = XElement.Load("Employees.xml")
Dim cnt = Aggregate ele In employees.<Employee> _
Where CDate(ele.<HireDate>.Value).Year = Now.Year _
Into Count()
Console.WriteLine("{0} employees were hired this year.", cnt)
End Sub
End Class
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