Arraylist problem

Question

Hey

i'm still pretty new to C# so.. I'll try to explain my problem.

I have and Arraylist wich contains a certain amount of objects, wich i call articles. Each of these articles has his own Article ID or shorter aid.

Now i'd like to check if a certain article with that ID is already assigned to the arraylist.

Here is some code:


//Declaring arraylist
private ArrayList artikelen;

//Adding an article to the arraylist
public void addArtikel(int aid)
        {
            //The aid constructor is used, wich gets some values from a database according to this aid.
            artikelen.Add(new Artikel(aid));
        }

//Checking if the article already exists in the arraylist?
public Boolean articleExists(int aid)
       {
           artikelen.BinarySearch ????
       }

Thanks Thomas

Dale · Answer

I am guessing the arraylist is sorted? a binary search requires the arraylist to be sorted. you can use the .contain method. although if your list is sorted it would be much slower than a binary search. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemcollectionsarraylistclasscontainstopic.asp msdn is the best source for looking up classes and getting sample code. You might want to post your code as it is writen so it is easier to understand. i am guessing it looks like this. //Declaring arraylist private ArrayList artikelen; //Adding an article to the arraylist public void addArtikel(int aid) { //The aid constructor is used, wich gets some values from a database //according to this aid. artikelen.Add(new Artikel(aid)); } //Checking if the article already exists in the arraylist? public Boolean articleExists(int aid) { artikelen.BinarySearch ???? }