Question

I have 6 array lists and I would like to know which one is the longest without using a bunch of IF STATEMENTS.

“if arraylist.count > anotherlist.count Then….” <- Anyway to do this other than this?

Examples in VB.net or C#.Net (4.0) would be helpfull.

arraylist1.count
arraylist2.count
arraylist3.count
arraylist4.count
arraylist5.count
arraylist6.count

DIM longest As integer = .... 'the longest arraylist should be stored in this variable.

Thanks

Answer 1

Is 1 if statement acceptable?

public ArrayList FindLongest(params ArrayList[] lists)
{
   var longest = lists[0];
   for(var i=1;i<lists.Length;i++)
   {
       if(lists[i].Length > longest.Length)
          longest = lists[i];
   }
   return longest;
}