Reputation: 1
I have declared a two-dimensional object array as
object[,] sectionOpenings = new object[20, 4];
The first column is populated with string types, whilst the remaining three columns are all integers.
I wish to do a quick search to find a row with a matching string in the first column and have tried this
var first = Array.Find(sectionOpenings, p => p == "homedepot");
I get the following error:
Error CS0411 The type arguments for method 'Array.Find(T[], Predicate)' cannot be inferred from the usage. Try specifying the type arguments explicitly.
Any suggestions?
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Reputation: 4556
You can alter your code a bit to get what you what:
var first = Array.Find(sectionOpenings, p => p[0] == "homedepot");
this will look in each array row, the first column p[0] == "homedepot"
edit: my bad, I thought about jagged arrays
Well its not a one liner, but you can create a method like so:
public static int GetMatchingRow(object[,] myArr, string findMe)
{
for (int i = 0; i < myArr.GetLength(0); i++)
{
if (myArr[i, 0] is string && myArr[i, 0] as string == findMe)
return i;
}
return -1;
}
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 105
I would suggest changing to a dictionary to ensure type safety- like so:
var sectionOpenings = new Dictionary<string, List<int>>();
sectionOpenings.TryGetValue("homedepot", out var result);
However, if you are stuck using a 2D array
, you'll likely have to do this in two steps. One, you'll have to find the matching column. Two, you'll have to retrieve the column. Something like this could work:
object[,] sectionOpenings = new object[20, 4];
var firstRowMatch = Enumerable
.Range(0, sectionOpenings.GetLength(0)) // Gets row indices
.Where(row => sectionOpenings[row, 0].ToString().Equals("homedepot"))
.First();
var result = Enumerable
.Range(0, sectionOpenings.GetLength(1)) // Gets column indices
.Select(column => sectionOpenings[firstRowMatch, column])
.ToArray();
With this example, you will likely have to add some type checks and null checks to make sure that this doesn't explode with a NullReferenceException.
This is adapted from returning a whole column from a 2D array and getting the number of columns/rows from a 2D array on stack overflow.
PS. This assumes you're using System.Linq
Upvotes: 0