[CCONNER9582002]

I have tried several different ways and can't get a try statement to work with an array. The book which I am referencing doesn't have an example with an array, but does have an example with the number. I got the number to work but seem to be runing into an issue when I try to use the same example with an array. Here is what I have at the moment.

using System;

public class flavors
{  

	public static void Main ()
	{
		string Icecream;

		GetFlavor sp = new GetFlavor();
		bool isFlavorGood = false;
		while (!isFlavorGood)
		{
			try
			{
				sp.promptForFlavor();
				isFlavorGood = true;
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
				Console.Writeline("These are the flavors to pick from.");
			}
		}
	}


	public class GetFlavor
	{
		private string[] flavor = {"strawberry", "chocolate"};
		public void promtForFlavor()
		{
			stringstrIcecream;
			try
			{
				Console.WriteLine("What Flavor would you like?");
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			
				//Check if flavor is equal to the string
				if (strIcecream != flavor)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}
			//else
			//{
			//	Console.WriteLine("Enjoy your icecream.");
			//}
		}
			catch(FormatException fe);
			{

				throw(fe);
			}
			}						
	}
}

Could someone guide me to a website were I can get an example of an exception which uses an array. Without an example I am having a hard time figureing out what statement I am missing in order to correct this issue.

[prajayshetty]

  if (strIcecream != flavor)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}

here is your problem is here in this line mate the problem is that flavor is an array and you cant read an array directly for this i will suggest you to put a for loop arround it like this may be

for(int i=0;i<strcIcecrea.length;i++){
  if (strIcecream != flavor[i])
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}
... your else loop 

and here also

stringstrIcecream;

to

string strIcecream;

i think you got it now mate ya you can use indexoutofrangeException but that will only point you if you are reading or adding a value thats outside the size of an array but with the use of length property of the array i dont think so that should be problem

ya one more thing if u use that flavor variable directly it will display sometihng like this system.string not the actual value

This post has been edited by prajayshetty: 18 May 2009 - 11:46 AM

[bigtonyk]

CCONNER9582002, on 18 May, 2009 - 10:21 AM, said:

I have tried several different ways and can't get a try statement to work with an array. The book which I am referencing doesn't have an example with an array, but does have an example with the number. I got the number to work but seem to be runing into an issue when I try to use the same example with an array. Here is what I have at the moment.

using System;

public class flavors
{  

	public static void Main ()
	{
		string Icecream;

		GetFlavor sp = new GetFlavor();
		bool isFlavorGood = false;
		while (!isFlavorGood)
		{
			try
			{
				sp.promptForFlavor();
				isFlavorGood = true;
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
				Console.Writeline("These are the flavors to pick from.");
			}
		}
	}


	public class GetFlavor
	{
		private string[] flavor = {"strawberry", "chocolate"};
		public void promtForFlavor()
		{
			stringstrIcecream;
			try
			{
				Console.WriteLine("What Flavor would you like?");
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			
				//Check if flavor is equal to the string
				if (strIcecream != flavor)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}
			//else
			//{
			//	Console.WriteLine("Enjoy your icecream.");
			//}
		}
			catch(FormatException fe);
			{

				throw(fe);
			}
			}						
	}
}

Could someone guide me to a website were I can get an example of an exception which uses an array. Without an example I am having a hard time figureing out what statement I am missing in order to correct this issue.

you have a few issues.

stringstrIcecream;

is probably a typo.
it should be :
string strIcecream;

try
			{
				Console.WriteLine("What Flavor would you like?");
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			
				//Check if flavor is equal to the string
				if (strIcecream != flavor)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}
			//else
			//{
			//	Console.WriteLine("Enjoy your icecream.");
			//}
		}
			catch(FormatException fe);
			{

				throw(fe);
			}

in the line if (strIcecream != flavor)
you are trying to compare a string to an array and that's not ever going to be true. I'd write a function that returns a bool that checks for valid flavors

private bool isValid(string myFlavor)
{
   bool success = false;
	foreach (string s in flavor)
	   {
		  if (s.Equals(myFlavor) success = true;
	   }
	return success;
}

and your catch() statement is ONLY going to catch FormatExceptions. You should use a generic catch

catch (Exception ex)
{
// do something here like return false.
}

all you are doing is throwing the same exception that's already been thrown.

so code might look something like

public class GetFlavor
	{
		private string[] flavor = {"strawberry", "chocolate"};
		public void promtForFlavor()
		{
			string strIcecream;
			try
			{
					Console.WriteLine("What Flavor would you like?");
					strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
				
					//Check if flavor is equal to the string
					if (!isValid(strIcecream))
					{
						Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor");
						strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
					}
				else
				{
					Console.WriteLine("Enjoy your icecream.");
				}
			}
			catch(Exception fe);
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Something bad happened. " + ex.Message);
			}
	}	

	private bool isValid(string myFlavor)
	{
	   bool success = false;
		foreach (string s in flavor)
		   {
			  if (s.Equals(myFlavor) success = true;
		   }
		return success;
	}				
}

[prajayshetty]

it will give the same result as above code of mine same explanation but an alternate way

This post has been edited by prajayshetty: 18 May 2009 - 12:14 PM

[bigtonyk]

prajayshetty, on 18 May, 2009 - 11:13 AM, said:

it will give the same result as above code of mine same explanation but an alternate way

No it won't.

for(int i=0;i<strcIcecrea.length;i++){
  if (strIcecream != flavor[i])
				{
					Console.WriteLine("We don't have that Flavor"};
				strIcecream = Console.ReadLine();
			}
... your else loop 

is wrong unless the users selects the first flavor in the array. Otherwise,
it'll always give them the "We don't have that Flavor" message.