Looping through an array

Steve DeYoung

9y875

I am trying to loop through an array. The array is filled with names from a text file. If the name isn't in the array I want to skip it and continue looping. This is what I have so far.. The problem i'm having is when the name doesn't exist the loop ends and falls into the catch.

try

{

string[] file = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\FileCopier\FileCopier\File.txt");

foreach(string folder in file)

{

if (file.Contains(folder))

{

Directory.Move(Path.Combine(sourceDirectory, folder), Path.Combine(destinationDirectory, folder));

}

else

{

}

catch (Exception e)

{

Console.WriteLine(e.Message);

}

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Steve DeYoung9y ago
So just remove this part? if (file.Contains(folder))
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Rafnas T P9y ago
try
{
string[] file = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\FileCopier\FileCopier\File.txt");
foreach(string folder in file)
{
   if (Directory.Exists(folder)  //Check for folder exists
{
  Directory.Move(Path.Combine(sourceDirectory, folder),  Path.Combine(destinationDirectory, folder)); //if exist then move
  }
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
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Steve DeYoung9y ago
Unfortunetely that still exits the program after no folder is found :(
I need to continue the loop even if a folder doesn't exist.
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Rafnas T P9y ago
try as below

try
{

string[] file = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\FileCopier\FileCopier\File.txt");

foreach(string folder in file)
{
if (file.Contains(folder))
{
if (Directory.Exists(folder) //Check for folder exists
{
Directory.Move(Path.Combine(sourceDirectory, folder), Path.Combine(destinationDirectory, folder)); //if exist then move
}
}
else
{

}

}

}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

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