Parsing binary search as an arraylist in C#

Question

Is there any possible way to make this code shorter?

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            int? index = ListOfPeople.BinarySearch(searchBar.Text);
            int? temp = int.TryParse(index.ToString(), out int i) ? (int?)1 : null;
            MyPeopleGrid.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.RowHeaderSelect;
            MyPeopleGrid.Rows[i].Selected = true;
            MyPeopleGrid.CurrentCell = MyPeopleGrid.Rows[i].Cells[0];

Answer 1

You seem to have seriously overcomplicated things, and you certainly should never convert a number to a string only to parse it back to a number.

int index = ListOfPeople.BinarySearch(searchBar.Text);

This will return a non-negative number when the item isn't found. It does not return int?, it returns int.

So now you can use it:

int index = ListOfPeople.BinarySearch(searchBar.Text);
if (index >= 0)
{
    MyPeopleGrid.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.RowHeaderSelect;
    MyPeopleGrid.Rows[index].Selected = true;
    MyPeopleGrid.CurrentCell = MyPeopleGrid.Rows[index].Cells[0];
}
else
{
    // do something when the item isn't found
}