extracting code from string

[666kennedy]

hey there. thanks for all the help i have recieved from the people on this site!

i have a new problem, one i could solve if i was using VB but im using C# and i dont really know what to do.

i have data....

return1.MV TE244654.MV b43tgwg.sp
01.62 00.83 100.76
01.62 00.83 100.77
01.60 00.83 100.78
--.-- 00.83 100.79
--.-- 00.82 100.80
01.63 00.83 100.81
01.63 00.83 100.82
--.-- 00.83 100.83
--.-- 00.83 100.84
01.62 00.83 100.85
01.59 00.83 100.86
--.-- 00.83 100.88
--.-- 00.83 100.89
01.61 00.84 100.90
01.60 00.84 100.91

basically i need to organise this data into an array, but its more difficult that it seems.

like the array needs to be like this

values[x,y]
values[0,0] = return1.MV
values[0,1] = 01.62
values[0,2] = 01.62
values[1,0] = TE244654.MV
values[1,1] = 00.83

etc etc.

however each row is one big string
eg. " 01.62 00.83 100.26" so i need to separate each part to put into the array.

what would be the code i would use to make this happen in C#. as i said i know what i would need to do, and if i as using VB i could use left right and mid. if you could help that would be amazing.

[ddanbe]

You could use the method SubString here like Mystr.SubString(charpos,lenghttoextract);
You can let this work like left,mid,right if you want.

[666kennedy]

how do you set that up to use in the code. i have looked on msdn but its not completely apparent!

[ddanbe]

Like this:

string Mystr = "01.62 00.83 100.76";
string Leftstr = Mystr.Substring(0, 5); // Leftstr is equal to 01.62 
string Midstr = Mystr.Substring(6, 5);  // Midstr00.83
string Rightstr = Mystr.Substring(Mystr.Length - 5, 5);  // Rightstr 00.76

First integer of substring is the zero based char position in the string. The second integer is the length in characters of the string you want to extract.

[sknake]

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace daniweb
{
  class MultiArray
  {
    private static string[] GetTestData()
    {
      List<string> result = new List<string>();
      result.Add("return1.MV TE244654.MV b43tgwg.sp");
      result.Add("01.62 00.83 100.76");
      result.Add("01.62 00.83 100.77");
      result.Add("01.60 00.83 100.78");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.83 100.79");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.82 100.80");
      result.Add("01.63 00.83 100.81");
      result.Add("01.63 00.83 100.82");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.83 100.83");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.83 100.84");
      result.Add("01.62 00.83 100.85");
      result.Add("01.59 00.83 100.86");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.83 100.88");
      result.Add("--.-- 00.83 100.89");
      result.Add("01.61 00.84 100.90");
      result.Add("01.60 00.84 100.91");
      return result.ToArray();
    }
    internal static void DoWork()
    {
      string[] testData = GetTestData();
      int xLen = testData[0].Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.None).Length;
      int yLen = testData.Length;
      string[,] result = new string[xLen, yLen];

      for (int iY = 0; iY < testData.Length; iY++)
      {
        string[] fields = testData[iY].Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.None);
        if (fields.Length != xLen)
          throw new Exception("You have a varying number of columns....");

        for (int iX = 0; iX < fields.Length; iX++)
        {
          result[iX, iY] = fields[iX];
        }
      }
      System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
    }
  }
}

[edit]Oops, I didn't see Danny already answered it. His answer is probably closer to how you originally went about it, and will probably be easier to implement[/edit]

[ddanbe]

Don't worry Scott your posts are always appreciated and always provide new insights!:)