string to string array

keroed_edmond

is it possible for me to convert a strig to a string array in c# and if so how?? beginner in C#

Josh Smith

String has the Split method, which should be what you are looking for. josh

keroed_edmond

yes andi normally use the split function for example if i hava a string="walk,keny,go" i will get all off the values like walk or kenny or go by setting the delimeter to "," but supposei have a string="lets walk to the suppermarket" is there anyway for me to access each character by themself for example i know if i was puting this in an array. array[o] would be l and array[1] would be e ???? u have any idea how i could do this? or any link to any example if it might be too tediuos to show me how to do it????? beginner c#

Stefan Troschuetz

You could use String.ToCharArray() or maybe simply call String.SubString(index, index+1).

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Ed Poore

Does it have to be a string array, if you're only using single characters then the string.ToCharArray() will do it exactly. But if you want to use strings then I think you will have to write a loop which walks through, adding them to a list as it goes.

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keroed_edmond

what would index and index+1 be for example string.substring(0,1) and this will return the first and second element??

keroed_edmond

i would prefer it to prob be a string because as i go alopngiwant to tets my data to see what is bieng saved but everytime i try to set a textboxt.text=charArray[0] i get an error saying char cannot be converted to string hence if it was stored in a string array i cold prob display it in the textbox or i dont know if is the way i am trying to display it is wrong. is there a way display char in your textbox do u have any samples onlinei could look on that shows u how to loop through a string character by character kenny

Stefan Troschuetz

Ups, I didn't look hard enough at the docs. First parameter is the startIndex, so if you want the "l" from your example string it should be 0. Second paramter is length, so it has to be 1.

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Ed Poore

keroed_edmond wrote:

textboxt.text=charArray[0]

Try textboxt.text=charArray[0].ToString(); :doh:

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Wjousts

You can treat a regular string like a char array and just index it:string mystring = "hello"; char h = mystring[0]; // h now contains the char 'h'

Guffa

You don't have to convert the string at all to access the separate characters. Just use an index to access the characters: string message = "So long and thanks for all the fish."; char c1 = message[0]; // get the 'S' character char c2 = message[35]; // get the '.' character You can easily convert a char to a string: string s1 = new string(c1); // creates the "S" string string s2 = new string(c2); // creates the "." string There are many ways to get a single character from a string into a new string. Here are some: textbox.Text = new string(message[0]); textbox.Text = message.SubString(0, 1); textbox.Text = new string(message.ToCharArray()[0]); textbox.Text = new string(message.ToCharArray(), 0, 1); textbox.Text = new string(message.ToCharArray(0, 1)); textbox.Text = new string((char)(new StringReader(message).Read())); --- b { font-weight: normal; }

keroed_edmond

Thanks it works perfectly kenny

Ed Poore

Bit of an overkill for what he wants.

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Guffa

Yes, of course some of the alternatives are. I just thought that I'd show that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Anyway, I'm not really sure what he wants, and frankly I don't think he is either... ;) --- b { font-weight: normal; }

Ed Poore

keroed_edmond wrote:

textboxt.text=charArray[0]

Based on that, I think he just wants to display the first character in the array.

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vernchen

you can use split(',');

Ed Poore

vernchen wrote:

you can use split(',');

Not unless there are comma's seperating all characters ;P If you look at the above thread you'll see that what he needed was the ToString() method :doh:

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