Comparing data in different structure

Question

I have a string

string cubeinline = "12345123451234X1234512345";

which is equal to a List<string>

List<string> cube = new List<string>(){ "12345",
                                        "12345",
                                        "1234X",
                                        "12345",
                                        "12345"};

But different arranged. The string is split by length. In this case 5.

Now i need to compare the string with the List - char by char. But my method says every char is invalid.

int maxLength = 5;
for (int i = 0; i < cubeinline.Length; i++)
{
    if (cubeinline[i] == cube[i / maxLength][i % maxLength])
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Error in char" + i);
    }
}

Answer 1

Change == into !=. You inverse the logic here: the program should display the message when there is a difference, not an equlity!

Answer 2

you can do it like this:

string cubeinline = "12345123451234X1234512345";
List<string> cube = new List<string>(){ "12345",
                                    "12345",
                                    "1234X",
                                    "12345",
                                    "12345"};
bool isEqual = cubeinline == string.Concat(cube);