School Project in Console Application

Jes Sie

This is a very shameful question. But, I really don't have experience in the console app. I have this code below

Console.WriteLine("Enter 10 names:\n");
string[] names = new string[10];
foreach (string n in names)
{
Console.ReadLine();
}

Now, I need to search for a name from the list. If found, I want to display "found" and "not found" if the searched name is not from the list. thanks for any help.

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Jes Sie5y ago
I reconstructed my code and did like this:
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Enter 10 names:\n");

            string[] names = new string[5];

            List<string> listNames = new List<string>();

            foreach (string n in names)
            {
                listNames.Add(Console.ReadLine());

            }

            Console.WriteLine("\n");

            Console.Write("Enter name that you want to search:\n \n");
            string str = Console.ReadLine();
            bool res = listNames.AsQueryable().Contains(str);
            Console.WriteLine("\n");
            if (res == true)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("found");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Not Found");
            }
        }
And I found the answer I was looking for.
Sachin Singh5y ago
Your complete code should be
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace TestList
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List Names = new List();
            Console.WriteLine("how many names do you want to enter?");
            int n=Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            Console.WriteLine("Enter names one by one using Enter ");
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                Names.Add(Console.ReadLine());
            }

            Console.WriteLine("You have entered following Names");
            foreach (var name in Names)
            {

                Console.WriteLine(name);

            }
            Console.WriteLine("Enter the name you want to search");
            string s = Console.ReadLine();
            if (Names.Contains(s))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("found");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Not Found");
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}
Jes Sie5y ago
Thanks a lot! But, how can I get rid of the 2 unnecessary results?
Sachin Singh5y ago
Shame is not to ask even if you don't know, its all about perception.
Cw("Enter name that you want to search")
string s= Console.RealLine();

foreach (string n in names)
            {
               if(s==n){
            console.writeLine("found");
            }
          else
{   cw("Not Found");
}