Question

I am working on a file parser, and this bit of code is not giving me what I want. Before I go any farther, I should mention that I did not write this program, I am only editing the source to fix this specific problem. Also, I can compile the code, so that is not a problem (you know how downloaded programs always have compile errors). Here’s the code.

case EsfValueType.Binary4E: //System.String[]
{
    int size = (int)(this.reader.ReadUInt32() - ((uint)this.reader.BaseStream.Position));
    var strings = new string[size / 4];
    for (int i = 0; i < size / 4; i++)
        strings[i] = this.stringValuesUTF16[this.reader.ReadUInt32()];
    esfValue.Value = strings.ToString();
    break;
}

Now, I added the .ToString(); part to the above line, but it made no difference. The problem is that esfValue.Value ends up with System.String[] as it’s value, and I want the value of the System.String object. If you can make sense out of this and tell me what is wrong, it would be appreciated.

The program name is ESF Editor 1.4.8.0.

Answer 1

case EsfValueType.Binary4E: //System.String[]
{
    int size = (int)(this.reader.ReadUInt32() - ((uint)this.reader.BaseStream.Position));
    var strings = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < size / 4; i++)
    {
        strings.Append(this.stringValuesUTF16[this.reader.ReadUInt32()]); //or AppendLine, depending on what you need
    }
    esfValue.Value = strings.ToString();
    break;
}