Question

I’m trying to figure out how to populate an array with an object with multiple variables. What I need is to create an array, not a list(I’m trying to learn arrays), and populate it with 5 different bourbons. Is it possible to populate the array and store the name, age, distillery in just one index? For example,

If I called index 0, it would display:

Name: Black Maple Hill
Distillery: CVI Brands, Inc
Age: 8 years

I have this so far, in which bourbon is a derived class from whiskey and call a method in the main class to prompt user for entry.

class Bourbon : Whiskey
{
    private Bourbon[] bBottles = new Bourbon[5];

    public void bourbon(string name, string distillery, int age)
    {
        Name = name;
        Distillery = distillery;
        Age = age;
     }

    public void PopulateBottles()
    {
         Console.WriteLine("Please enter the information for 5 bourbons:");
         for (int runs = 0; runs < 5; runs ++)
         {

         }
     }
}

Answer 1

In your code you haven’t defined the value variable that you are using inside the for loop. You could create new instances of the class and then store them inside the array:

public void PopulateBottles()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Please enter the information for 5 bourbons:");
    for (int runs = 0; runs < 5; runs ++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Name:");
        var name = Console.ReadLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Distillery:");
        var distillery = Console.ReadLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Age:");
        var age = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        var bourbon = new Bourbon(name, distillery, age);
        bBottles[runs] = bourbon;
    }
}

Also make sure you have defined the Bourbon class constructor properly:

public Bourbon(string name, string distillery, int age)
{
    Name = name;
    Distillery = distillery;
    Age = age;
}