Error message: Cannot convert type 'string' to 'string[]'

Question

I am creating a dynamic array, and getting an error:

Error message: Cannot convert type 'string' to 'string[]'

The code is:

arrTeamMembers += tb.Text;

tb.Text contains values such as "Michael | Steve | Thomas | Jeff | Susan | Helen |"

I am trying to pass the values from tb.Text to arrTeamMembers. I am NOT trying to split the text. How can I resolve this error?

Answer 1

Try this:

arrTeamMembers = tb.Text.Split('|');

Answer 2

The problem is, arrTeamMembers is an array of strings, while tb.Text is simply a string. You need to assign tb.Text to an index in the array. To do this, use the indexer property, which looks like a number in square brackets immediately following the name of the array variable. The number in the brackets is the 0-based index in the array where you want to set the value.

arrTeamMembers[0] += tb.Text;

Answer 3

You can't just add strings to an array of strings.

Depending on what you are actually trying to do, you might want this:

string[] arrTeamMembers = new string[] { tb.Text };

or

arrTeamMembers[0] = tb.Text;

You probably want to use a List instead.

List<string> stringlist = new List<string>();
stringlist.Add(tb.Text);