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public bool[] searchGame(string gameName)

{

string[] searchGame = {"Tibia", "Combat Arms", "Need for Speed", "Moto GP", "Risk", "Red Alert", "Monopoly", "Scrabble"};


if ( searchGame[0] == "Tibia")

{

return true;

}

else

{

return null;

}
//kindly please help me out. i'm doing a search button when a string is input. this is under web service.
Dec 1 '08 #1
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PRR
750 Expert 512MB
well your return type
public string[] searchGame(string gameName)
should be bool as you are returning boolean type ..
public bool searchGame(string gameName).
i got to say,.. this is pretty basic...Do go through a good C#.NET book..
Dec 1 '08 #2
yea i tried using bool but another error came out "cannot implicitly convert 'bool' to 'bool[]'. tried googling it but no result. i'm sorry for the basic error but i'm only a beginner
Dec 1 '08 #3
PRR
750 Expert 512MB
bool not bool[], you are returning true or false...
Dec 1 '08 #4
anijos
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public bool searchGame(string gameName)

{

string[] searchGame = {"Tibia", "Combat Arms", "Need for Speed", "Moto GP", "Risk", "Red Alert", "Monopoly", "Scrabble"};


if ( searchGame[0] == "Tibia")

{

return true;

}

else

{

return false;

}
Dec 1 '08 #5

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