[rdchaitanya]

i have a textbox and the input to the textbox is 1x4 matrix. (Eg: 1 1 -1 1) and i am trying to stored in the array
a[i] (i.e, a[0]=1;a[1]=1;a[2]=-1;a[3]=1; ) to perform encoding and decoding;

b[i]= Convert.ToInt32(textBox1.Text);

The above is storing only one value into the array. i am trying to store the complete row of the matrix to store in a array at once, is it possible?

[NathanMullenax]

I don't know a way to do it all at once, but you could split the string using something this:

string[] elems = textBox1.Text.Split(" ".toCharArray());

Then use Convert.ToInt32() on each of the strings in the elems array. Hope this helps.

[NathanMullenax]

Actually, there is a one-liner if you're using Visual C# 2010 or later:

int[] mat = (textBox1.Text.Split(" ".ToCharArray())).Select(elem => Int32.Parse(elem)).ToArray();

You have have 'using System.Linq;' at the top of your file.

[rdchaitanya]

Thank you very much it worked...