"Current" item in Array?

[Davids]

darn stuck again!
in my string array
string[] myArray = string[26];

Let's say I've put a string field into the first 3 items and I guess the
other 23 must then be null, right? OK so is there any C# method/property to
find the next empty (null) item? The Length property always returns the
total items ie 26!

[James Curran]

int HighestUsed(string[] ary)
{
for(int i = 0; i< ary.Length; ++i)
if (ary[i] == null)
return i;
return ary.Length;
}
--
Truth,
James Curran
[erstwhile VC++ MVP]
Home: www.noveltheory.com Work: www.njtheater.com
Blog: www.honestillusion.com Day Job: www.partsearch.com
"Davids" <db****@simnet.is> wrote in message
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darn stuck again!
in my string array
string[] myArray = string[26];

Let's say I've put a string field into the first 3 items and I guess the
other 23 must then be null, right? OK so is there any C# method/property to find the next empty (null) item? The Length property always returns the
total items ie 26!

[Marcin Grzêbski]

Hi,

Why don't you use the ArrayList to put strings into?
Standard arrays (e.g. string[]) have constant length,
so you can't use "Length" to find empty elements.
Real problem starts with value type's arrays that
initialize its values (e.g. int[])

Other solution is to keep "current index" in a variable.

HTH
Marcin

darn stuck again!
in my string array
string[] myArray = string[26];

Let's say I've put a string field into the first 3 items and I guess the
other 23 must then be null, right? OK so is there any C# method/property to
find the next empty (null) item? The Length property always returns the
total items ie 26!

[Davids]

exactly that just thought maybe there was some built in function to do
this...
"James Curran" <Ja*********@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

int HighestUsed(string[] ary)
{
for(int i = 0; i< ary.Length; ++i)
if (ary[i] == null)
return i;
return ary.Length;
}
--
Truth,
James Curran
[erstwhile VC++ MVP]
Home: www.noveltheory.com Work: www.njtheater.com
Blog: www.honestillusion.com Day Job: www.partsearch.com
"Davids" <db****@simnet.is> wrote in message
news:eq**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

darn stuck again!
in my string array
string[] myArray = string[26];

Let's say I've put a string field into the first 3 items and I guess the
other 23 must then be null, right? OK so is there any C# method/property

to

find the next empty (null) item? The Length property always returns the
total items ie 26!

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Davids,
Have you tried Array.IndexOf?

Something like:

string[] myArray = string[26];
int index = Array.IndexOf(myArray, null);

Hope this helps
Jay

"Davids" <db****@simnet.is> wrote in message
news:eq**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... darn stuck again!
in my string array
string[] myArray = string[26];

Let's say I've put a string field into the first 3 items and I guess the
other 23 must then be null, right? OK so is there any C# method/property
to find the next empty (null) item? The Length property always returns the
total items ie 26!