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C# StringReader Class


I have this problem, I'm using StringReader to find specific words from a textbox, so far is working great, however I need to find a way how to check specific words in every line against a string array.

The following code works:

string txt = txtInput.Text;
string user1 = "adam";
int users = 0;
int systems = 0;

using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(txt))
{
    while ((txt = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
    {
        if (txt.Contains(user1))
        {
            users++;
        }
    }
}

Now, I have created a String Array to store more than one string, but the method Contains seems to only accept a string.

string[] systemsarray = new string[] { "as400", "x500", "mainframe" };

if(txt.Contains(systemsarray))
{
    systems++;
}
// error message: cannot convert from string[] to string

Does anyone have an idea how to do this, or a way to improve it?

Thanks in advance.


Solution

  • If you are looking for the existence of any of those words in the line, try:

    if(systemsarray.Any(word => txt.Contains(word)))
    {
        users++;
    }