CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#datetime
Enrico
Enrico

Reputation: 25

How to create an array populated with DateTime elements

I want to create a method to create an array full of DateTime objects. The problem is that when I try to print the array on the console, it just tells me System.DateTime[]. What am I doing wrong here?

using System;

namespace exercise_5
{
    class Program
    {
        public static DateTime[] TimeSeries(int a, string b, int c)
        {
            DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(b, "dd-mm-yyyy", null);
            TimeSpan ts = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(c);
            DateTime[] dates = new DateTime[a];
            for (int i = 0; i < a; i++)
            {
                dates[0] = date;
                dates[i] = date + ts;

            }
            return dates;
        }
        public static void Main()
        {
            int a = 20;
            string b = "01-04-2020";
            int c = 20;
            Console.WriteLine(TimeSeries(a, b, c));
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (2)

Alireza Mahmoudi
Alireza Mahmoudi

Reputation: 994

To get the desired output replace this line:

Console.WriteLine(TimeSeries(a, b, c));

with

Console.WriteLine(string.Join('\n', TimeSeries(a,b,c).Select(a=>a.ToString()));

If you want to loop over the result, you have to use foreach or other tools, here is how:

foreach(var d in TimeSeries(a,b,c))
     Console.WriteLine(d.ToString());

Upvotes: 3

Frak12
Frak12

Reputation: 19

You can try this

public static void Main()
{
    int a = 20;
    string b = "01-04-2020";
    int c = 20;
    var dates = TimeSeries(a, b, c)
    foreach(var date in dates)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(date.ToString());
    }
}

Also you may want to try something like this:

dates.ToList().ForEach(i => Console.WriteLine(i.ToString()));

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions