static void LoadExpenses(string filename)
{
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(filename);
expenses = new Expense[lines.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
{
expenses[i] = new Expense(lines[i]);
}
}
static Expense[] expenses; //an instance of the class Expense called expenses
#endregion Fields
#region Methods
//function taking one string as a parameter to use as a the name of a file to access
static void LoadExpenses(string filename)
{
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(filename);//creates a string array called lines and populates it with lines from the file with the name that was passed to the function
expenses = new Expense[lines.Length];//expenses is given the same number of elements as lines
for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
{
expenses[i] = new Expense(lines[i]);//passes the current string in lines to the constructor of Expense to be converted in to an element in expenses
}
}