I am pretty new to C# and as a practice exercise was trying to convert a console input of Y's and N's into boolean array of true and false (Y=true N=false).
I get the "Only assignment call, increment, decrement, await and new object expressions can be used as a statement" error. Any suggestions?
Try:
bool[] tempArray = Console.ReadLine().ToList().ConvertAll(ch => Char.Equals(ch, 'Y')).ToArray();
Lambdas do not need the type of their parameters to be specified in the declaration, they are inferred automatically. You would also need to convert to the list of bools to an array with ToArray.
<char> or <bool> here.This works and is a bit simpler.
var array = Console.ReadLine().Select(x => x == 'y');
I believe it is because you are working with a list and an array. That was the error I got when trying your method.
IEnumerable<bool>. Also you don't need ToArray<char> for string.
bool[] tempArray = Console.ReadLine().Select(ch => ch == 'Y').ToArray();
To make it error-free:
var bools = Console.ReadLine().Where(x => Char.ToUpperInvariant(x) == 'Y' || Char.ToUpperInvariant(x) == 'N').Select(x => x == 'Y');
