Hi,

A newbie question ..

I want to use an array of length 4 while each array element
is a string of 40 chars.

I typed ..
StringBuilder title = new StringBuilder(40)[4];

Now I suppose that title[0] is a string of 40 chars; same
for title[1], title[2], title[3].

VS .NET complains with "cant convert char to StringBuilder
", but why ??

And what's then the correct solution for my problem ?

Thanks
P.

Peter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A newbie question ..
>
> I want to use an array of length 4 while each array element
> is a string of 40 chars.
>
> I typed ..
> StringBuilder title = new StringBuilder(40)[4];

should be: StringBuilder[] title = new StringBuilder[4];
to create an array to hold the stringbuilder objects

now you (still) have to create each of the 4 stringbuilder objects:

title[0] = new StringBuilder(40);
title[1] = new StringBuilder(40);
title[2] = new StringBuilder(40);
title[3] = new StringBuilder(40);


Greetings

>
> Now I suppose that title[0] is a string of 40 chars; same
> for title[1], title[2], title[3].
>
> VS .NET complains with "cant convert char to StringBuilder
> ", but why ??
>
> And what's then the correct solution for my problem ?
>
> Thanks
> P.
>
>
>
>

"Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I typed ..
> StringBuilder title = new StringBuilder(40)[4];
>
> VS .NET complains with "cant convert char to StringBuilder
> ", but why ??


Consider the following:

StringBuilder title = new StringBuilder(40);
char c = title[4];

Make sense? Now slide it all together, and you'll see why "new
StringBuilder(40)[4]" is a char.

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