Question

I have to check each xml file inside an array of different directories.

My code(still have errors):

string files = "C:\Hello; C:\Hi; D:\Goodmorning; D:\Goodafternoon; E:\Goodevening";
//Get each path and remove whitespaces
string[] paths = files.Split(new[] { ';', ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//Use xmlLoc for adding \ to each file
List<string> xmlLoc = new List<string>();
//get the files in directories
string[] getFiles;
//contains the files of each directory
List<string> xmlList

//Add \ each paths variable and store it in xmlLoc list
foreach (string s in paths)
{
     xmlLoc.Add(s + @"\");
}

//get the xml files of each directory in xmlLoc and store it in xmlList
foreach (string file in xmlLoc)
{
     getFiles = Directory.GetFiles(file, "*.xml");
     //the code below lists an error "cannot convert from string[] to string"
     xmlList.Add(getFiles);
}

I guess that you cannot store an array in a string list. Is the any other way how I can read the files in each directories stored in an array?

Answer 1

Fixed it! Just have to add and replace some codes.. 🙂

string files = "C:\Hello; C:\Hi; D:\Goodmorning; D:\Goodafternoon; E:\Goodevening";
//Get each path and remove whitespaces
string[] paths = files.Split(new[] { ';', ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//Use xmlLoc for adding \ to each file
List<string> xmlLoc = new List<string>();
//get the files in directories
string[] getFiles;

//Add \ each paths variable and store it in xmlLoc list
foreach (string s in paths)
{
     xmlLoc.Add(s + @"\");
}

//get the xml files of each directory in xmlLoc and loop it to read the files
foreach (string directory in xmlLoc)
{
     getFiles = Directory.GetFiles(directory, "*.xml");
     foreach(string files in getFiles)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(files);
     }
}