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Adri1511
Adri1511

Reputation: 21

string array split - string[] to string error

I am trying to split a string (input)

"1#Artikel1|ArtikelN$2#Artikel1|Artikel2|ArtikelN$3#ArtikelN"

into a List<string> (liste) with expected result (simplified)

{
 "Artikel1 , ArtikelN",
 "Artikel1 , Artikel2 , ArtikelN",
 "ArtikelN" 
}

but I am getting the compile time error in the process:

cannot convert string[] to string

private List<Data> GetData(string input)
{
    List<Data> liste = new List<Data>();
    foreach (string section in input.Split('$'))
    {
        String[] tab = section.Split('#');
        String[] parties = new string[20];
        int i = 0;
        for (int j = 1; j < tab.Length; j++)
        { 
            parties[i] =tab[j].Split('|'); <- ERROR HERE 
            i++;
        };
        liste.Add(new Data(// insert data));
    }
    return liste;
}

How can I solve this? thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 89

Answers (2)

Dmitrii Bychenko
Dmitrii Bychenko

Reputation: 186668

If I've understood you right (please, see comments),

i want : Artikel1 , Artikel in the parties array

You want to Split and then Join articles within chapter (let's put it like this) i.e.

  string input = @"1#Artikel1|ArtikelN$2#Artikel1|Artikel2|ArtikelN$3#ArtikelN";

  List<string> liste = input
    .Split('$')                                 // split into chapters
    .Select(chapter => chapter                  // for each chapter:   
       .Substring(chapter.IndexOf('#') + 1)     //   get rid of 1#, 2# etc. prefix
       .Split('|'))                             //   Split by |  
    .Select(items => string.Join(" , ", items)) //   Join back by " , "
    .ToList();

Let's have a look

  Console.Write(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, liste));

Outcome:

  Artikel1 , ArtikelN
  Artikel1 , Artikel2 , ArtikelN
  ArtikelN

Upvotes: 1

Christos
Christos

Reputation: 53958

This line tab[j].Split('|') would split the string in tab[j] in an array of strings based on the delimiter |. So you can't assign the result of this call to parties[i], whose type is string.

Upvotes: 2

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