How do I fix "System.String[]" Error in C# ? (using arrays + For loop)

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Okay so, I'm trying to make a program that basically uses a for loop to display the days of the week, my code seems fine, runs fine, but when I happen to run it.. it comes up "The day of the week is System.String[]".. Whereas I want it to display The day of the week is Monday... The day of the week is Tuesday... Wednesday.. Etc.

Here is the code I have written for this so far:

        //Declare variables
        int iDays;

        //Declare array
        const int iWEEK = 7;
        string[] sDays = new string[iWEEK] { "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" };

        //Display the days of the week
        for (iDays = 0; iDays < iWEEK; iDays++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The day of the week is " + sDays);
        }

        //Prevent program from closing
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close");
        Console.ReadKey();

Jeroen Vannevel · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 00:16:44Z

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You have to print a value inside the array, not the array itself.

use sDays[iDays] instead. This will retrieve the value at location iDays in the array sDays.

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 0:16

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Tom Over a year ago

Thanks a lot, I tried pretty much everything other than this.. I feel rather dumb now, I was trying sDays[iWEEK] which came up a bad error too, thanks tho!

Jeroen Vannevel Over a year ago

We've all been there, no problem. You had an error with sDays[iWEEK] because that would try to access index 7. Your array only has indices 0 to 6.

Filip Ekberg Over a year ago

sDays[iWEEK] would give you Index was outside the bounds of the array. because you would supply it with 7 which is a higher index than what exists in your array. Arrays start at index 0 so 6 would be the highest index you could use, it's still the 7th value though!

Tom Over a year ago

Ah okay, Yeah I understand that now, Thank you for your help, appreciated :)

Tom Over a year ago

@zespri yeah don't worry, have every intention on doing so, just says I need to wait 6 minutes before I can do so

viter.alex · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 01:26:40Z

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You absolutely don't need array to display weekdays' names. They are already present in system:

for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++)
{
    DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
    dt = dt.AddDays(i - (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek);
    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("dddd", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US")));
}

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 1:26

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Girjesh Kumar Vishwakarma · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28 09:33:00Z

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//Declare variables int iDays;

    //Declare array
    const int iWEEK = 7;
    string[] sDays = new string[iWEEK] { "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" };

    //Display the days of the week
    for (iDays = 0; iDays < iWEEK; iDays++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The day of the week is " + sDays[iDays]);
    }

    //Prevent program from closing
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close");
    Console.ReadKey();

answered Jul 28, 2015 at 9:33

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