Question

I am trying to transfer values from each line of a multi line text box into either a string array or a multidimensional array. I also have 3 multi-line text boxes which need to put into the same array. Below is one of the methods I have been trying:

ParkingTimes[0] = tbxtimeLimitS1.Text;

for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
   ParkingTimes[i] = tbxparkingTimesS1.Lines;

ParkingTimes[11] = tbxtimeLimitS2.Lines;

for (int x = 0; x <= 10; x++)
   for (int i = 12; i <= 21; i++)
       ParkingTimes[i] = tbxparkingTimesS2.Lines;

ParkingTimes[11] = tbxtimeLimitS2.Lines[0];

for (int x = 0; x <= 10; x++)
    for (int i = 23; i <= 32; i++)
        ParkingTimes[i] = tbxparkingTimesS3.Lines;

What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

You could use a List instead of a string array
Then the AddRange method could simplify your method eliminatig the foreach loop

List<string> ParkingTimes = new List<string>()
ParkingTimes.Add(tbxtimeLimitS1.Text);   
ParkingTimes.AddRange(tbxparkingTimesS1.Lines);
ParkingTimes.AddRange(tbxtimeLimitS2.Lines);   
ParkingTimes.AddRange(tbxparkingTimesS2.Lines);   
ParkingTimes.AddRange(tbxtimeLimitS2.Lines);   
ParkingTimes.AddRange(tbxparkingTimesS3.Lines);   

If your code still requires a string array it is possible to get back the array with

string[] myLines = ParkingTimes.ToArray();

An example of this List<string> functionality could be found on MSDN here