String to Array

[batori]

Hi,

Im kinda stuck on a thing ...

Im having a var containing a string :

Dim Categ As String = "Rugby,NFL,Football,ecc"

What i need to do is to add the string from Categ string in each separate array :

my.categories = {"Rugby", "NFL", "Football", "ecc"}


Is there a way of doing this having in mind that some times Categ could have only 2 words, sometimes 10 words...


Any help would be greately appreciated...

Cheers!

[Niya]

Well you could start with this:-

'
        Dim Categ As String = "Rugby,NFL,Football,ecc"
        Dim CategArray As String() = Categ.Split(","c)

The above separates each of the sports into separate elements in one array.

[batori]

Yes, thanks.

And then getting the data back with :
String.Join(", ", CategArray.ToArray)

Now the main problem remains how to add all the random arrays into this shape :

my.categories = {"Rugby", "NFL", "Football", "ecc"}

or

my.categories = {"Rugby", "NFL", "Football", "Soccer", "Cricket"}

This is what confuses me the most

[Niya]

You've lost me. What random arrays ? What shape ?

[batori]

dim c as string = "Rugby,NFL,Football,ecc" ' could have more words ... one, two, twenty, ecc

Dim Categ As String = c

so now i need to split the Categ string into arrays and then put them in the following code ... depending on how many words i have to put:

my.categories = {"Rugby", "NFL", "Football", "ecc"}



Sometimes it could be :
dim c as string = "Rugby,NFL,Football,Soccer,Cricket"

Dim Categ As String = c
my.categories = {"Rugby", "NFL", "Football", "Soccer", "Cricket"}

[kebo]

You've lost me.

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What are you trying to do? Maybe start by explaining that.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, that isn't any more clear. If my.categories is an array, then there isn't much point of breaking it up the way you are, since Split is already giving you an array. The {} notation is just a way to initialize an array with a set of values, but since you already have the array from Split, you don't need to initialize it.

[batori]

maybe in the something like this but in vbnet:

$content['custom_fields'] = array(
        array('key' => 'cricket', 'value' => true),
        array('key' => 'football', 'value' => true),
        array('key' => 'soccer', 'value' => true),
    );

[ident]

Does your brain comprehend we have no idea what my.categories even is? at what point has this entered our lives. You might get some solid help if you actually took the time to explain in DETAIL.