public static string[] RemoveEmptyStrings(string[] originalArray)
{
var result = new StringArrayList();
foreach (var thisString in originalArray)
{
var trimmedString = thisString.Trim();
if (trimmedString.Length > 0)
{
result.Add(thisString);
}
}
return(result.ToStringArray());
}
public static string[] FilterArray(string[] arrayToFilter, string valueToFind, bool invert)
{
var result = new StringArrayList();
var ucValueToFind = valueToFind.ToUpper();
foreach (var valueToCheck in arrayToFilter)
{
var useString = valueToCheck.ToUpper().Contains(ucValueToFind);
if (invert)
{
useString = !useString;
}
if (useString)
{
result.Add(valueToCheck);
}
}
return(result.ToStringArray());
}
public static string[] PackArray(string[] sourceArray, bool trimFirst = false)
{
var result = new StringArrayList();
foreach (var thisLine in sourceArray)
{
if (thisLine != null)
{
var lineToUse = thisLine;
if (trimFirst)
{
lineToUse = lineToUse.Trim();
}
if (lineToUse.Length > 0)
{
result.Add(lineToUse);
}
}
}
return(result.ToStringArray());
}
public static string[] RemoveValues(string[] values, string[] badValues)
{
var result = new StringArrayList();
foreach (var thisValue in values)
{
var newValue = thisValue;
foreach (var badValue in badValues)
{
newValue = StringFunctions.RemoveSubstring(newValue, badValue);
if (newValue.Length == 0)
{
break;
}
}
if (newValue.Length > 0)
{
result.Add(newValue);
}
}
return(result.ToStringArray());
}
public void Append(StringArrayList listToAppend)
{
Append(listToAppend.ToStringArray());
}
