In array?

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I can't find any pr-defined function for finding if a element is in a
array.
I write a function:


public static bool InArray(object[] myArray, object myObject)
{ foreach (object aObject in myArray)
{
if (aObject.ToString() == myObject.ToString())
return true;
}
return false;
}

When I call it with string array , it is OK like
string[] sMyArray ={ "a1", "a2", "a3" };
if (WillUtil.InArray(sMyArray ,"a2"))
......

But when I call it with int array, it fail with error message:
cannot convert from 'int[]' to 'object[]' like
int[] myIntArray={1, 3, 56};
if (WillUtil.InArray(myIntArray, 3))
......

Why string array can convert to object array, but int array can't?

How can I make a global function both for int and string array?

 

[Maqsood Ahmed]

Hello,
Please see the MSDN for Array class. In Explicit Interface
Implementation sections it says that you can use Contains method of
IList interface. Just like following code snippet.

string[] stringArray = new string[]{"maqsood","ahmed","pakistan"};
if(((IList)stringArray).Contains("maqsood"))
return true;
else
return false;

HTH. Cheers
Maqsood Ahmed [MCP C#,SQL Server]
Kolachi Advanced Technologies
http://www.kolachi.net

 

[Zanna]

Hello,
Please see the MSDN for Array class. In Explicit Interface
Implementation sections it says that you can use Contains method of
IList interface.

You can also use the

Array.IndexOf(myArray, item)