index was outside the bounds

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hey all,
i have several delimited strings all of which have different amount of
elements is there a way to prevent the exception without a try catch block if
i try to check an element that doesn't exist?

thanks,
rodchar

[Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )]

Re: index was outside the bounds

On Aug 5, 10:03 am, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i have several delimited strings all of which have different amount of
elements is there a way to prevent the exception without a try catch block if
i try to check an element that doesn't exist?
>
thanks,
rodchar

Hi,

Of course, you can check if the length of the array is bigger than the
index you are trying to reach

[Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )]

Re: index was outside the bounds

On Aug 5, 10:03 am, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i have several delimited strings all of which have different amount of
elements is there a way to prevent the exception without a try catch block if
i try to check an element that doesn't exist?
>
thanks,
rodchar

sorry, fast keys :)

something like:
if ( elements.Length >4 )
fifthValue = elements[4];

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RE: index was outside the bounds

tip:
(this work for me)

if you can pad your var with the delimiter char
if * is the delimeter and max expected array count = 100

then, you will always get 100 values (after split)

string s = "a*b*c..."; //string var
s += new string("*",100) ; //change 100 with the max number expected
string [] ss = s.Split('*');




"rodchar" wrote:

hey all,
i have several delimited strings all of which have different amount of
elements is there a way to prevent the exception without a try catch block if
i try to check an element that doesn't exist?
>
thanks,
rodchar

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Re: index was outside the bounds

thanks everyone for the help,
rod.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

On Aug 5, 10:03 am, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i have several delimited strings all of which have different amount of
elements is there a way to prevent the exception without a try catch block if
i try to check an element that doesn't exist?

thanks,
rodchar

>
Hi,
>
Of course, you can check if the length of the array is bigger than the
index you are trying to reach
>