On Apr 23, 3:00=A0pm, CSharper <cshar...@gmx.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the following; I have an array with bunch of values
> in it. I am trying to find a value that contains part of the string I
> am passing
> eg
> string[] array =3D {"help","Csharp rocks"}
>
> if (array.Contains<string>("Csharp"))
> {
> =A0 =A0//here I want to get the actual string like "Csharp rocks"
> =A0 =A0string str =3D array.First<string>(); //Here there is a way, I can
> check if the string has the value using lambda expression, not sure
> how.
>
> }
>
> Could someone help?
> Thanks,

<ignacio.mac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 3:00 pm, CSharper <cshar...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am trying to use the following; I have an array with bunch of values
> > in it. I am trying to find a value that contains part of the string I
> > am passing
> > eg
> > string[] array = {"help","Csharp rocks"}
>
> > if (array.Contains<string>("Csharp"))
> > {
> > //here I want to get the actual string like "Csharp rocks"
> > string str = array.First<string>(); //Here there is a way, I can
> > check if the string has the value using lambda expression, not sure
> > how.
>
> > }
>
> > Could someone help?
> > Thanks,
>
> Hi,
>
> myStringList.Find(delegate(string item) { return
> item.Contains("MyStr"); });
>
> Love generics :)
>
> If you are in 3.5 you could replace it with a Lambda expression

On Apr 23, 2:15 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.com> wrote:
> CSharper <cshar...@gmx.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to use the following; I have an array with bunch of values
> > in it. I am trying to find a value that contains part of the string I
> > am passing
> > eg
> > string[] array = {"help","Csharp rocks"}
>
> > if (array.Contains<string>("Csharp"))
> > {
> > //here I want to get the actual string like "Csharp rocks"
> > string str = array.First<string>(); //Here there is a way, I can
> > check if the string has the value using lambda expression, not sure
> > how.
> > }
>
> You can avoid the "contains" bit to start with by using FirstOrDefault:
>
> string first = array.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Contains("Csharp"));
>
> if (first != null)
> {
> ...
>
> }
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - <sk...@pobox.com>http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog:http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
> World class .NET training in the UK:http://iterativetraining.co.uk

CSharper <csharper@gmx.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the following; I have an array with bunch of values
> in it. I am trying to find a value that contains part of the string I
> am passing
> eg
> string[] array = {"help","Csharp rocks"}
>
> if (array.Contains<string>("Csharp"))
> {
> //here I want to get the actual string like "Csharp rocks"
> string str = array.First<string>(); //Here there is a way, I can
> check if the string has the value using lambda expression, not sure
> how.
> }

CSharper <csharper@gmx.com> wrote:
> quick question, what does (x=>x.Contains("Csharp")) means?
> I know that, x is each element from the collection and it returns the
> string of x. So does it mean, foreach element in the array first the
> first element which contains the requested match?

> x=>x.Contains() what does it do? It is evaluating to a bool and where
> is the return here?
> Thanks you very much?

On Apr 23, 4:32 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.com> wrote:

> <shameless plug>
> If you want *lots* of detail, look at chapter 9 in my book - click on
> the image on the left hand side of the page linked above.
> </shameless plug>

On Apr 24, 9:01 am, Chris Dunaway <dunaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 4:32 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > <shameless plug>
> > If you want *lots* of detail, look at chapter 9 in my book - click on
> > the image on the left hand side of the page linked above.
> > </shameless plug>
>
> Has the book been released yet? Amazon still shows April 15, 2008 and
> haven't updated their site in awhile with any new information.
> Manning's site seems to indicate that it is available (not pre-order)
> but Amazon doesn't seem to know about it and hasn't updated the
> shipping information on my order.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris

Chris Dunaway <dunawayc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 4:32 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > <shameless plug>
> > If you want *lots* of detail, look at chapter 9 in my book - click on
> > the image on the left hand side of the page linked above.
> > </shameless plug>
>
> Has the book been released yet? Amazon still shows April 15, 2008 and
> haven't updated their site in awhile with any new information.
> Manning's site seems to indicate that it is available (not pre-order)
> but Amazon doesn't seem to know about it and hasn't updated the
> shipping information on my order.

CSharper <csharper@gmx.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jon and I appriciate your answer and the link and yes, I will
> buy the book (based on the content on your page, it is worth
> pursuing...)
> I am starting to write a blog for myself and bunch of my friends at
> work to keep up with C# and here it the link, if you have time have a
> look at it and let me know if the content is right?
> http://www.myfavoritemovies.us/csharp