how to search for a value in a list
pretty stupid question but ive tried looking online and i cant seem to find the answer, im fairly sure im using an older .net
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trying to do it on line 26
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thanks alot
what does p and first refer too
p => p.Name == attackerName is a predicate - an anonymous function that takes in an instance of the type the list is generic over, and returns a bool. FirstOrDefault will return the first item that matches the predicate (it returns true), or default(T) if no items matchedthanks
ill try it again cause i thought p.Name had to be p.name since in the class it was name
yeah it has to match the casing of the property in the
team_create class
you really should be using properties instead of fields for Name etc, and use proper casing (PascalCase for classes, properties, methods - camelCase for local variables)
C# doesn't have snake_case as an officially accepted casing
read more at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/coding-conventionsim slightly confused
i looked at the link and im still pretty lost
Well, in coding, we create a lot of things - classes, variables, methods etc
right?
yep
How you name them is important.
ohh
i get what you mean
C# has a "naming convention" which is kind of a standard you should follow
i see
so other people can easily read and understand your code
makes sense
so just capitalise the first letter and stuff
Thats the basics, yeah
so
team_create would become TeamCreate
snake_case -> PascalCaseI see
oops
public string name; would become public string Name { get; set; }
that turns it from a public field to a public property, which might seem pointless now but become important later 🙂alr thanks
where would i put that if that makers sense
You'd just replace your existing field
name with thatohh i was looking in the wrong place
so like this
Yep!
That looks good
one last thing, what should i write in catch so that if the value isnt found in the list it goes back to try or do i use something else
@Pobiega
i tried looking online i found stuff like break but i dont think that will help
you'd need a loop for that
try/catch is "do this, if an exception occurs inside the try, jump to catch"
ah i see
i was trying to make it too complicated lol
sorry to keep asking but how would i convert it to a boolean
wait nvm i cant convert a search into a boolean
you just wanna know if there was a match or not?
Team1.Any(x => x.Name == P1Check)
also, rename your Team1 to team1 :p
its a parameter, they should be camelCased
same with Check, P1Check etc
anything declared inside the method is camelCasecheckP1 then
sounds good
but yeah,
First (and FirstOrDefault) is for finding a match
if you dont want the match returned, just wanna know if it exists, use .Anythanks
i tend to use firstordefault, then checking if the value is null as my scuffed "exists" check. is Any just better by default from a functional / readability standpoint?
Shorter, returns a bool
And in some cases, like with SQL, it can optimize the query