C# convert string to multi-dimensional array help!

JOel Adams

Hi,

I'm having trouble converting a string to multi dimensional array

My string is:

String test = "1,1,1,1,2,3,45,34,1,2,4,2,1,2,3,4,5,6";

How would I manage to get it like this:
int testing = {
{1,1,1,1,2,3}, //x = 6
{45,34,1,2,4,2}, //x = 6
{1,2,3,4,5,6} //x = 6
};

Not sure how to do this in C#. The String will change but i still want the length of X to be 6.

Thanks.

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Vulpes15y ago
Accepted answer
Try the following:

using System;

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
string test = "1,1,1,1,2,3,45,34,1,2,4,2,1,2,3,4,5,6";
string[] items = test.Split(',');
int dimension = items.Length/6;
int[,] testing = new int[dimension,6];
for(int y = 0; y < dimension; y++)
{
for(int x = 0; x < 6; x++)
{
testing[y,x] = int.Parse(items[y * 6 + x]);
}
}

// check it worked

for(int y = 0; y < dimension; y++)
{
Console.Write("{");
for(int x = 0; x < 6; x++)
{
Console.Write(testing[y,x]);
if (x < 5) Console.Write(",");
}
Console.WriteLine("}");
}

Console.ReadKey();
}
}
JOel Adams15y ago
Thanks a lot, it worked fine. =)