C#•11mo ago

❔ problems with foreach loop

            if (buttonTextBoxMap.TryGetValue(currentButton, out TextBox currentTextbox))
            {


                string currentText = new string(currentTextbox.Text.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray());

                foreach (TextBox textBox in textBoxes)
                {
                    if (textBox != currentTextbox) // Provjerite da li je trenutni TextBox isti kao currentTextbox
                    {
                        string textBoxText = new string(textBox.Text.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray());

                        if (textBoxText == currentText)
                        {
                            currentTextbox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
                        }/*
                        else if (textBoxText != currentText)
                        {
                            currentTextbox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));
                        }*/ //<----------- THE PROBLEM IS THIS ELSE IF
                    }
                }
            }

            if (buttonTextBoxMap.TryGetValue(currentButton, out TextBox currentTextbox))
            {


                string currentText = new string(currentTextbox.Text.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray());

                foreach (TextBox textBox in textBoxes)
                {
                    if (textBox != currentTextbox) // Provjerite da li je trenutni TextBox isti kao currentTextbox
                    {
                        string textBoxText = new string(textBox.Text.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray());

                        if (textBoxText == currentText)
                        {
                            currentTextbox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
                        }/*
                        else if (textBoxText != currentText)
                        {
                            currentTextbox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));
                        }*/ //<----------- THE PROBLEM IS THIS ELSE IF
                    }
                }
            }

hello guys, I have a problem with getting the color of my textbox back because if I put it in a foreach loop some textbox in textBoxes list is not gonna have the same name and it activates the else if. I want it to only activate if none of the textboxes in the list have the same name as currentTextbox. I comented the line where the problem is. It will be red and instantly turn back to black (you can not see it but I debugged it, it does turn to red) because some textboxes have the same name and some don't, how do I make it only if all textboxes do not have the same name as currentTextbox

63 Replies

JakenVeina•11mo ago

uhhh okay so you're trying to identify all the textboxes that have the same text as a particular one? except not just the same text, but the same collection of characters?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

yes but i did it but now idk how to put my color back if the texbox no longer needs to be red

boiled goose•11mo ago

you can use the default/system colors

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

yea but the foreach loop is preventing it from being red then it turns black instantly idk where to put the red color change line thats the problem black*

JakenVeina•11mo ago

put it where it will run when you want it to run and not run when you don't want it to run

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

if i knew how i want it to run when none of the textboxes match the characters of current textbox if it put it in elseif as I put it there then it will always be black even if it should be red

JakenVeina•11mo ago

then why are you running it before you have checked all of the other textboxes?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

wdym?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

I mean what I said

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

how do i not run it before it has checked all the textboxes

JakenVeina•11mo ago

you want to change the color of your textbox based on the state of all of the other text boxes so, you need to check all of the other textboxes

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

but it is checking all of them in foreach

JakenVeina•11mo ago

yes and it is also setting the color in the foreach for each other textbox it checks

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

yea idk where to set the color

JakenVeina•11mo ago

instead of checking them all, and THEN setting the color I've just told you where to set it

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

and how do i collect the info about all textboxes and then set the color

JakenVeina•11mo ago

by doing that how do you collect info in C#?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

in an array?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

if you want

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

ok i will try that

JakenVeina•11mo ago

I don't see how that makes sense but go for it

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

wdym what other options i have

JakenVeina•11mo ago

what is the info that you want to collect?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

the characters of the textboxes

JakenVeina•11mo ago

no what info do you need to make your decision about the color?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

the characters of the textboxes because A+B+C is the same as B+C+A

JakenVeina•11mo ago

right

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

i mean the characters in the text

JakenVeina•11mo ago

but what info do you need to make your decision?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

idk how to explain it if the characters match the current textbox

JakenVeina•11mo ago

or not when you say "if X or not" what does that immediately tell you you want in code?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

if statement ?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

which requires what?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

uh bool?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

precisely

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

if the textboxes have matching characters

JakenVeina•11mo ago

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

// Check all other textboxes

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

// Check all other textboxes

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

yea but dont want to have nested if statements for all textboxes? do i need to use an array or what

JakenVeina•11mo ago

why don't you want to have nested if statements for all of the other textboxes?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

because isnt there any other better way?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

not if you want to perform some kind of check for each one it's right there in the description "check" = "if" "for each one" = "foreach"

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

yea i was thinking you want to do

``
if
{
    if
    {
      if
      {
      
      }
    }
}

if its with foreach its ok but then again how do i do it

JakenVeina•11mo ago

I don't see why you need three layers of ifs

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

well no it would actually be if { } if { }and then ifs for every textbox i was thinking you want to do that

JakenVeina•11mo ago

nothing you have described to me looks like that

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

so how would i do it with foreach

JakenVeina•11mo ago

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

foreach(var otherTextBox = allTextBoxes.Except(currentTextBox))
{
    if (/* text matches current */)
    {

    }
}

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0,

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

foreach(var otherTextBox = allTextBoxes.Except(currentTextBox))
{
    if (/* text matches current */)
    {

    }
}

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0,

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

so allTextBoxes is what? an array?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

that probably doesn't actually compile, now that I think about it so, yeah, I guess you would want two ifs

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

foreach(var otherTextBox in allTextBoxes)
{
    if (otherTextBox == currentTextBox)
        continue;

    if (/* text matches current */)
    {

    }
}

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));

bool anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox;

foreach(var otherTextBox in allTextBoxes)
{
    if (otherTextBox == currentTextBox)
        continue;

    if (/* text matches current */)
    {

    }
}

if (anyOtherTextBoxesMatchCurrentTextBox)
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 255, 0, 0));
else
    currentTextBox.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(76, 0, 0, 0));

you tell me whatever refers to all of the text boxes, and is foreach-able

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

ugh list ?

JakenVeina•11mo ago

do you not already have code that foreaches over all of the textboxes?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

oh yea i do a list im dumb but thats their names not characters that list that i already have so i would have to get characters again in this code

JakenVeina•11mo ago

that works just as well

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

wdym i need the characters tho cause i need to compare them

JakenVeina•11mo ago

yes so, if you have a list of the things you need to check..... and you know the check you need to perform and you know how to loop over each one of those things what remains to be the problem?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

ok let me try also if its a list doesnt it need to be otherTextBox in allTextBoces

JakenVeina•11mo ago

what?

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

look at your foreach()

JakenVeina•11mo ago

fixed

Nikolaaa•11mo ago

k thanks

Azrael•11mo ago

No braces?! Preposterous.

boiled goose•11mo ago

brace for yourself

Accord•11mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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