c# check if index's in string[] are next to each other in array

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c#: How do I check if index's of input string[] are next to each other ?

string[] a = {"one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight"};

string[] input = {"three", "one", "four", "two"};

if(input index's are next to each other)
{
MessageBox.Show("OK");
}

Posted 25-Dec-15 9:44am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Dec-15 15:50pm

First, you need to define precisely and formally what this "next to each other" means. An example is not definition.
What have you tried so far?
—SA

Member 11380736 25-Dec-15 15:53pm

index[0],index[2],index[1],index[3] == next to each other.
index[0],index[2],index[1],index[4] == ' NOT'next to each other.

Andreas Gieriet 25-Dec-15 17:08pm

Still not clear.
What is "index[0]", etc.?
What are the allowed elements? "zero"? "minus three"? "one thousand three hundred seventy five"? How to decide if two elements are "next to each other"? In the sense of numeric values?
Andi

BillWoodruff 26-Dec-15 1:54am

index[0],index[2],index[1],index[3] == next to each other.

does not make sense

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-12-25T21:44:00

Solution 1

Get the indexes into an array.
Sort the array.
If the values in the array are all a single increment from the previous value, the strings are all next to each other.

There is an Array.Sort method in .NET, and a simple for or foreach loop will check the results.

Posted 25-Dec-15 21:44pm

OriginalGriff