string arrays (should be elementary)

Question

Hi This should be very easy but I just can't figure it out for some reason. I need to store some strings (that i get from parsing a file) into a string array. However I don't want there to be any repeated strings in the array. Each string in the array should be unique. How do I go about doing this? Thanks.

CI · Answer

Thanks very much!

Andrzej Wegierski · Answer

Use ArrayList. It'l be faster I think. You can check for unique values with Contains() method. ArrayList ar=new ArrayList(1); string newstring=....; if(!ar.Contains(newstring)) ar.Add(newstring); Warning: to get values use: string getstring=ar[recno].ToString(); In usual array use static IndexOf() method: if(Array.IndexOf(myArraynewsstring)<0) myArray[recno]=newstring; recno++;