hi i'm recieveing something called a null reference exception whenever i try to run my code. i am testing for a null value and if it is null i carry out some action, if false i recursively call the same function using the next EVENT array of my custom event class using a basic if, else statement. instead of testing for != null i have also tried testing for == null but get the same response. code is below, also the function is supposed to return an array of long's (returnid's) using recursion. will this work??? thanks.
public long[] getchildeventids(Event[] ukracelist)
{
long[] returnids = null;
if (ukracelist[0].Events != null)
{
getchildeventids(ukracelist[0].Events);
}
else
{
returnids[0] = ukracelist[0].EventId;
return returnids;
}
return returnids;
}
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You've to problems, I can see :
1- Your function should accept Event array, but you send an Event instead.
public long[] getchildeventids(Event[] ukracelist)
getchildeventids(ukracelist[0].Events);
2- The long array returnids is not initialized, it still null. You've to initialize it.
long[] returnids = null;
returnids[0] = ukracelist[0].EventId;
Thanks,
Bassem
ok my second bite of the cherry using a simple boolean function still gives me a unhandled nullexception from "returnids[counter] = i.EventId;" if someone could give me some pointers that would be great. hopefully this one has more chance of returning an actual value in the array than my $%^& poor attempt before lol. thanks in advance.
public long[] getchildeventids(Event[] uklist, int counter)
{
long[] returnids = null;
foreach (Event i in uklist)
{
if (bottomnode(i))
{
returnids[counter] = i.EventId;
counter++;
return returnids;
}
else
{
getchildeventids(i.Events, counter);
}
}
return returnids;
}
public bool bottomnode(Event test)
{
if (test.Events == null)
return true;
else
return false;
}
You tried to fix the first problem, what about the second one?
Initialize your array first!
<<Edited>>
You can use List for unknown array's length.
As if by magic, there exists a whole article dealing with just that exception. What are the odds?
This is very helpful article. The first thing I tried to do is to post a link for this article but I couldn't find it. I already read it before and helped me much. It is an excellent article.
Thanks a lot,
Thanks for the replies. finally figured out the problem with null reference. i haven't had chance till now to look back at this. but finally realised i needed a dynamic collection which cries out for arraylist and my recursive call to the function was all wrong as each time the method was called a new array/arraylist was created which overwrote the data. it now works with code below. does it seem robust or could there be problems if i use this code? also could someone tell me how to use a new declaration inside a function call e.g.
getchilevents(newevents, (arraylist p = new arraylist());
thanks.
public ArrayList getchildeventids(Event[] uklist, ArrayList ids)
{
foreach (Event i in uklist)
{
if (i.Events == null)
{
ids.Add(i.EventId);
}
else
{
getchildeventids(i.Events, ids);
}
}
return ids;
}
also could someone tell me how to use a new declaration inside a function call e.g.
getchilevents(newevents, (arraylist p = new arraylist());
I think it depends, if you'll not use p again inside the method you declared it in, you can do this - getchilevents(newevents, new arraylist());
But if you'll use it again, declare it first then pass it to the method you call.
Regards,
Bassem
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