Hi there, I have a problem with the search function I designed for my code.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleApplication
{
public class Person
{
public string PerName, PerSal, PerPhone, PerPcode, perState, PerAddress, PerStrenum;
public Person(string rec_name, string Srec_sal, string Srec_phone, string Srec_pcode, string rec_state, string rec_address, string Srec_strenum)
{
this.PerName = rec_name;
this.PerSal = Srec_sal;
this.PerPhone = Srec_phone;
this.PerPcode = Srec_pcode;
this.perState = rec_state;
this.PerAddress = rec_address;
this.PerStrenum = Srec_strenum;
}
}
class Program
{
//Numeric validation
static void NumberValidation(ref string DisplayNumText, ref int MinLengthVal, ref int MaxLengthVal, ref long MaxVal, ref int MinVal)
{
bool _numloop = true;
string TempVal;
int TempInt;
while (_numloop)
{
Console.WriteLine(DisplayNumText);
TempVal = Console.ReadLine();
if (Int32.TryParse(TempVal, out TempInt) == false || TempInt >= MaxVal || TempInt <= MinVal
|| TempInt.ToString().Length > MaxLengthVal || TempInt.ToString().Length < MinLengthVal)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: invalid input");
_numloop = true;
}
else
_numloop = false;
}
}//end of Numeric validation
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int select = 0, count = 0;
const int Limit = 50;
string[][] people = new string[Limit][];
while (select != 3)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n==== MAIN MENU ====");
Console.WriteLine("1. Add new:");
Console.WriteLine("2. View records: ");
Console.WriteLine("3. Search records: ");
Console.WriteLine("4. Delete records: ");
Console.WriteLine("5. Exit: ");
Console.WriteLine("==== **** **** ====\n");
select = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
switch (select)
{
case 1:
if (count == Limit)
{
Console.WriteLine("Record's are full. Delete some.");
break;
}
string DisplayNumText = "", TempVal = "", rec_state = "", rec_address = "", rec_name = "", Srec_sal, Srec_phone = "", Srec_pcode = "", Srec_strenum;
int MinLengthVal, MaxLengthVal, MinVal, rec_sal = 0,rec_phone = 0, rec_pcode = 0, rec_strenum = 0, tempInt;
long MaxVal;
DisplayNumText = "Enter Salary: ";
MinLengthVal = 4; MaxLengthVal = 6; MaxVal = 999999; MinVal = 0;
NumberValidation(ref DisplayNumText, ref MinLengthVal, ref MaxLengthVal, ref MaxVal, ref MinVal);
tempInt = rec_sal;
DisplayNumText = "Enter Phone number: ";
MinLengthVal = 8; MaxLengthVal = 10; MaxVal = 9999999999; MinVal = 0;
NumberValidation(ref DisplayNumText, ref MinLengthVal, ref MaxLengthVal, ref MaxVal, ref MinVal);
tempInt = rec_phone;
DisplayNumText = "Enter post code: ";
MinLengthVal = 4; MaxLengthVal = 4; MaxVal = 9999; MinVal = 0;
NumberValidation(ref DisplayNumText, ref MinLengthVal, ref MaxLengthVal, ref MaxVal, ref MinVal);
tempInt = rec_pcode;
Console.WriteLine("Enter state: ");
rec_state = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("enter adress: ");
rec_address = Console.ReadLine();
DisplayNumText = "Enter street number: ";
MinLengthVal = 1; MaxLengthVal = 5; MaxVal = 99999; MinVal = 1;
NumberValidation(ref DisplayNumText, ref MinLengthVal, ref MaxLengthVal, ref MaxVal, ref MinVal);
tempInt = rec_strenum;
Console.WriteLine("enter name: ");
rec_name = Console.ReadLine();
Srec_sal = rec_sal.ToString();
Srec_phone = rec_phone.ToString();
Srec_pcode = rec_pcode.ToString();
Srec_strenum = rec_strenum.ToString();
people[count++] = new string[] { rec_name, Srec_phone, Srec_pcode, rec_state, rec_address, Srec_strenum, Srec_sal };
break;
case 2:
if (count == 0)
Console.WriteLine("Array is Empty - No Details to display");
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n------ Record ------\n"
+ "Name: " + people[i][0] + "\n" +
" Phone Number: " + people[i][1] + "\n" +
"Post code: " + people[i][2] + "\n" +
"State: " + people[i][4] + "\n" +
"Address: " + people[i][5] + "\n" +
"Salary: " + people[i][6] + "\n" +
"\n------ ****** ------\n");
}
}
break;
case 3:
{
if (count == 0)
Console.WriteLine("Records Empty. No records to display.");
else
{
Console.Write("Enter Searching Name: ");
string searchName = Console.ReadLine();
int i;
for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
if (people[i].rec_name == searchName)
{
Console.WriteLine(people[i]);
break;
}
if (i == count)
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not on the list", searchName);
}
}
break;
}
}
}
}
}Under rec_name I get an error telling me 'System.Array' does not contain a definition for 'rec_name' and no extension method 'rec_name' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Array' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)'
Im not sure why this would be, as rec_name is simply the name of the records needing to be searched.
Any help would be appreciated :)