Question

For example if in a textbox that is full of many different part numbers from a material list for computer parts, I only want one type of cat5 cable at any given time, and if two different types are seen, to warn the user. The cat5 cable part numbers could be: cat5PART#1, cat5PART#2, and cat5PART#3. So if only one cat5 part number is seen no worries, but as soon as two different types or more are seen, to warn.

I could easily write it out manually three different times for each variation, but on a larger list of parts, it would take longer and risk mistakes. Plus I’d just love to know how programmers handle this type of function. I also don’t know what it is called, so I’m not sure how to google for it.

An example of my code which obviously doesn’t work because it would only warn if all three parts were detected not just if two were detected is below. I assume I’d use some variation of & and |, or maybe it’s something completely different?

Basically I don’t want to have to write out on a larger scale

if contains part 1 and part 2 …
if contains part 1 and part 3 …
if contains part 2 and part 3 …

if ((textBox2.Text.Contains("PART#1"))
  && (textBox2.Text.Contains("PART#2"))
  && (textBox2.Text.Contains("PART#3")))
{
    MessageBox.Show("2 types of cat5 part numbers seen at the same time");
}

Answer 1

You can try this:

string[] parts = new [] {"PART#1", "PART#2", "PART#3"};
int count = parts.Count(s => textBox2.Text.Contains(s));
if (count >= 2) ...