删除多维字符串数组C＃中的项目

Question

I has a multidimentional string array as below

string[][] data = new string[3][];

the item in the string array as below

data[0]
    [0] "EUG5"  string
    [1] "FA1"   string

data[1]
    [0] "9.000000"  string
    [1] "1000"  string

data[2]
    [0] "1" string
    [1] "0" string

I wish to remove the data[0][1], data[1][1] and data[2][1], this is base on the condition on data[2] where it is "0". Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

You can use Array.Resize to do what you want to do. Try this LINQpad script:

var data = new string[][]{new []{"EUG5","FA1"},new []{"9.000000","1000"},new []{"1","0"}};

data.Dump();

Array.Resize(ref data[0],1);
Array.Resize(ref data[1],1);
Array.Resize(ref data[2],1);

data.Dump();

It produces this:

You can also use Array.Copy to move elements around, so this is the more generic case:

var data = new string[][]{new []{"EUG5","FA1"},new []{"9.000000","1000"},new []{"1","0"}};

data.Dump();

var colToDelete = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
{
    Array.Copy(data[i],colToDelete+1,data[i],colToDelete,data[i].Length-colToDelete-1);
    Array.Resize(ref data[i],data[i].Length-1);
}

data.Dump();

but like the other posters correctly state, it's way easier with a List .

Answer 2

You cannot remove elements from an Array object in C#, all Arrays are immutable. To get the flexibility you are looking for you want to use the List object.

If for some reason you are stuck and have to use arrays, then you could make a method that accepts an Array and Returns an Array. Then you could remove the objects like this:

public string[][] RemoveElement(string[][] array, int coordinateA, int coordinateB)
{
    var ListOfItems = new List<List<string>>();

    foreach(string[] item in array)
        ListOfItems.add(new List<string>(item));

    ListOfItems[coordinateA].RemoveAt(coordinateB);

    var ReturnArray = new string[ListOfItems.Length][]();

    for(int i = 0; i < ListOfItems.Length; i++)
        ReturnArray[i] = ListOfItems[i].ToArray();

    return ReturnArray;
}

Of couse this is not a very optimized solution, but it will get the job done. There probably are extension method solutions for removing elements from arrays, but it would be far better to just use List object, and then return an array at the end of your code by calling List.ToArray() if it is necessary.

Answer 3

If you don't mind in creating new Array of Arrays instead of reusing existing array you could do this.

data = data
        .Select(x=> data[2][1] == "0"?   // Condition to filter
                x.Take(1).ToArray()      
                : x.ToArray())
        .ToArray();

Check this Demo