"pvdg42" wrote:

>
> "JP" <JP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5653B86-F2E2-42F0-AC2E-86F2EF952CD1@microsoft.com...
> > Why doesn't this work? If State="NY", the resulting IF statement returns
> > 31,
> > if the State="NC" the resulting IF returns -27, yet NC is in the array
> > list.
> > Its random as to which stats work and which do not. AL will return 0, but
> > AR
> > will return -3, yet its in the list. I know the value when neg (-) is a
> > bitwise representation, but most every state in the array list returns a
> > neg
> > number, Why?
> >
> > string[] strStateArray = new string[]
> > {"AL","AK","AZ","AR","CA","CO","CT","DE","FL","GA","HI","ID","IL","IN","IN","KS","KY","LA","ME","MD","MA","MI","MN","MS","MO","MT","NE","NV","NH","NJ","NM","NY","NC","ND","OH","OK","OR","PA","RI","SC","SD","TN","TX","UT","VT","VA","WA","DC","WV","WI","WY"};
> >
> >
> > if(Array.BinarySearch(strStateArray, State.ToString())<0)
> > {
> > ValidationStatus="Incoming State is invalid. The follow state
> > abrevations are acceptable: " + strStateArray.ToString();
> > }
> >
> > --
> > JP
> > .NET Software Develper
>
> The elements to be searched by a binary search algorithm must be sorted.
> Your failures (AZ, NC, etc) are out of order, and therefore, not found.
>
> --
> Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
> Jack of all trades, master of none.
>
>