这将需要排序(O(n log n))，但非常简单和灵活。另一个优点是可以与LINQ to SQL一起使用:

var maxObject = list.OrderByDescending(item => item.Height).First();

Note that this has the advantage of enumerating the list sequence just once. While it might not matter if list is a List<T> that doesn't change in the meantime, it could matter for arbitrary IEnumerable<T> objects. Nothing guarantees that the sequence doesn't change in different enumerations so methods that are doing it multiple times can be dangerous (and inefficient, depending on the nature of the sequence). However, it's still a less than ideal solution for large sequences. I suggest writing your own MaxObject extension manually if you have a large set of items to be able to do it in one pass without sorting and other stuff whatsoever (O(n)):

static class EnumerableExtensions {
    public static T MaxObject<T,U>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T,U> selector)
      where U : IComparable<U> {
       if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("source");
       bool first = true;
       T maxObj = default(T);
       U maxKey = default(U);
       foreach (var item in source) {
           if (first) {
                maxObj = item;
                maxKey = selector(maxObj);
                first = false;
           } else {
                U currentKey = selector(item);
                if (currentKey.CompareTo(maxKey) > 0) {
                    maxKey = currentKey;
                    maxObj = item;
                }
           }
       }
       if (first) throw new InvalidOperationException("Sequence is empty.");
       return maxObj;
    }
}

并将其用于:

var maxObject = list.MaxObject(item => item.Height);

根据Cameron最初的回答，以下是我刚刚在SilverFlow库的FloatingWindowHost的增强版本中添加的内容(从http://clipflair.codeplex.com源代码中的FloatingWindowHost.cs复制)

    public int MaxZIndex
    {
      get {
        return FloatingWindows.Aggregate(-1, (maxZIndex, window) => {
          int w = Canvas.GetZIndex(window);
          return (w > maxZIndex) ? w : maxZIndex;
        });
      }
    }

    private void SetTopmost(UIElement element)
    {
        if (element == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("element");

        Canvas.SetZIndex(element, MaxZIndex + 1);
    }

值得注意的是Canvas上面的代码。ZIndex是一个附加属性，可用于各种容器中的uielement，而不仅仅是在Canvas中托管时使用(参见在Silverlight中不使用Canvas控件控制渲染顺序(ZOrder))。我猜你甚至可以通过修改这段代码为UIElement创建一个SetTopmost和SetBottomMost静态扩展方法。

这将需要排序(O(n log n))，但非常简单和灵活。另一个优点是可以与LINQ to SQL一起使用:

var maxObject = list.OrderByDescending(item => item.Height).First();

Note that this has the advantage of enumerating the list sequence just once. While it might not matter if list is a List<T> that doesn't change in the meantime, it could matter for arbitrary IEnumerable<T> objects. Nothing guarantees that the sequence doesn't change in different enumerations so methods that are doing it multiple times can be dangerous (and inefficient, depending on the nature of the sequence). However, it's still a less than ideal solution for large sequences. I suggest writing your own MaxObject extension manually if you have a large set of items to be able to do it in one pass without sorting and other stuff whatsoever (O(n)):

static class EnumerableExtensions {
    public static T MaxObject<T,U>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T,U> selector)
      where U : IComparable<U> {
       if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("source");
       bool first = true;
       T maxObj = default(T);
       U maxKey = default(U);
       foreach (var item in source) {
           if (first) {
                maxObj = item;
                maxKey = selector(maxObj);
                first = false;
           } else {
                U currentKey = selector(item);
                if (currentKey.CompareTo(maxKey) > 0) {
                    maxKey = currentKey;
                    maxObj = item;
                }
           }
       }
       if (first) throw new InvalidOperationException("Sequence is empty.");
       return maxObj;
    }
}

并将其用于:

var maxObject = list.MaxObject(item => item.Height);

你也可以通过重写扩展方法来升级Mehrdad Afshari的解决方案，使其更快(更好看):

static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static T MaxElement<T, R>(this IEnumerable<T> container, Func<T, R> valuingFoo) where R : IComparable
    {
        var enumerator = container.GetEnumerator();
        if (!enumerator.MoveNext())
            throw new ArgumentException("Container is empty!");

        var maxElem = enumerator.Current;
        var maxVal = valuingFoo(maxElem);

        while (enumerator.MoveNext())
        {
            var currVal = valuingFoo(enumerator.Current);

            if (currVal.CompareTo(maxVal) > 0)
            {
                maxVal = currVal;
                maxElem = enumerator.Current;
            }
        }

        return maxElem;
    }
}

然后使用它:

var maxObject = list.MaxElement(item => item.Height);

这个名称对于使用c++的人来说是清楚的(因为这里有std::max_element)。

到目前为止的答案都很棒!但我认为需要一种具有以下约束的解决方案:

朴素、简洁的LINQ; O (n)的复杂性; 每个元素对属性求值不要超过一次。

下面就是:

public static T MaxBy<T, R>(this IEnumerable<T> en, Func<T, R> evaluate) where R : IComparable<R> {
    return en.Select(t => new Tuple<T, R>(t, evaluate(t)))
        .Aggregate((max, next) => next.Item2.CompareTo(max.Item2) > 0 ? next : max).Item1;
}

public static T MinBy<T, R>(this IEnumerable<T> en, Func<T, R> evaluate) where R : IComparable<R> {
    return en.Select(t => new Tuple<T, R>(t, evaluate(t)))
        .Aggregate((max, next) => next.Item2.CompareTo(max.Item2) < 0 ? next : max).Item1;
}

用法:

IEnumerable<Tuple<string, int>> list = new[] {
    new Tuple<string, int>("other", 2),
    new Tuple<string, int>("max", 4),
    new Tuple<string, int>("min", 1),
    new Tuple<string, int>("other", 3),
};
Tuple<string, int> min = list.MinBy(x => x.Item2); // "min", 1
Tuple<string, int> max = list.MaxBy(x => x.Item2); // "max", 4

我相信按你想要的列排序，然后抓取第一个应该是可行的。然而，如果有多个对象具有相同的MAX值，则只有一个对象会被抓取:

private void Test()
{
    test v1 = new test();
    v1.Id = 12;

    test v2 = new test();
    v2.Id = 12;

    test v3 = new test();
    v3.Id = 12;

    List<test> arr = new List<test>();
    arr.Add(v1);
    arr.Add(v2);
    arr.Add(v3);

    test max = arr.OrderByDescending(t => t.Id).First();
}

class test
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
}