Convert object [,] to String [,]

Question

I am trying to convert an array object[,](e.g. some integers in it) to an array string[,]. I wrote this piece of code, but Visual Studio gives me an error message:

Cannot implicitly convert String[]to string[,].

What argument should I give the function Array.ConvertAll? Many thanks.

object[,] input = GetSelectedRange();

string[,] dst = Array.ConvertAll<object[,], string[,]>(
    input, 
    x => x.ToString()
);

Answer 1

It would be much simpler if your item object[][], not object[,]. But for object[,], why not use the traditional method?

object[,] input = GetSelectedRange();
string[,] output = new string[input.GetLength(0), input.GetLength(1)];
for (int i = 0; i < input.GetLength(0); ++i)
    for (int j = 0; j < input.GetLength(1); ++j)
        output[i, j] = input[i, j]?.ToString(); //give additional ?. to check if your input is null

Olivier: , , # 6 ?.

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object[,] input = GetSelectedRange();
string[,] output = new string[input.GetLength(0), input.GetLength(1)];
for (int i = 0; i < input.GetLength(0); ++i)
    for (int j = 0; j < input.GetLength(1); ++j)
        output[i, j] = input[i, j] == null ? null input[i, j].ToString();

Answer 2

Array.ConvertAll() . , . -, object[,] → string[,].

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public TOutput[,] ConvertAll<TInput, TOutput>(TInput[,] input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter)
{
    var length0 = input.GetLength(0);
    var length1 = input.GetLength(1);
    var result = new TOutput[length0, length1];
    for (var i = 0; i < length0; ++i)
    for (var j = 0; j < length1; ++j)
        result[i, j] = converter(input[i, j]);
    return result;
}

:

var input = GetSelectedRange();
var converted = ConvertAll(input, x => x.ToString());

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public TOutput[,] ConvertAll<TInput, TOutput>(TInput[,] input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter)
{
    var lengths = new[] { input.GetLength(0), input.GetLength(1) };
    var lowers = new[] { input.GetLowerBound(0), input.GetLowerBound(1) };
    var uppers = new[] { input.GetUpperBound(0), input.GetUpperBound(1) };
    var result = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(TOutput), lengths, lowers) as TOutput[,];
    for (int i = lowers[0], il = uppers[0]; i <= il; ++i)
    for (int j = lowers[1], jl = uppers[1]; j <= jl; ++j)
            result[i, j] = converter(input[i, j]);
    return result;
}

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public Array ConvertAll<TInput, TOutput>(Array input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter)
{
    var rank = input.Rank;
    var lengths = Enumerable.Range(0, rank).Select(i => input.GetLength(i)).ToArray();
    var lowerBounds = Enumerable.Range(0, rank).Select(i => input.GetLowerBound(i)).ToArray();
    var upperBounds = Enumerable.Range(0, rank).Select(i => input.GetUpperBound(i));
    var output = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(TOutput), lengths, lowerBounds);
    ConvertRank(input, converter, output, new int[0], lowerBounds.Zip(upperBounds, Tuple.Create).ToArray());
    return output;
}

private void ConvertRank<TInput, TOutput>(Array input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter, Array output, int[] indices, Tuple<int, int>[] bounds)
{
    if (!bounds.Any())
    {
        var value = input.GetValue(indices);
        var convertedValue = converter((TInput)value);
        output.SetValue(convertedValue, indices);
    }
    else
    {
        var start = bounds[0].Item1;
        var end = bounds[0].Item2;
        var tail = bounds.Skip(1).ToArray();
        for (var i = start; i <= end; i++)
            ConvertRank(input, converter, output, indices.Concat(new[] { i }).ToArray(), tail);
    }
}

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object[,,] input = GetSome3dObjectArray();
var converted = ConvertAll(input, (object x) => x.ToString()) as string[,,];

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public TOutput[,] ConvertAll<TInput, TOutput>(TInput[,] input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter) =>
    ConvertAll((Array)input, converter) as TOutput[,];
public TOutput[,,] ConvertAll<TInput, TOutput>(TInput[,,] input, Func<TInput, TOutput> converter) =>
    ConvertAll((Array)input, converter) as TOutput[,,];

Answer 3

From: fooobar.com/questions/185161 / ...

object[,] src = new object[2, 3];

// Initialize src with test strings.
src[0, 0] = "aa";
src[0, 1] = "ab";
src[0, 2] = "ac";
src[1, 0] = "ba";
src[1, 1] = "bb";
src[1, 2] = "bc";

string[,] dst = new string[src.GetLength(0), src.GetLength(1)];
Array.Copy(src, dst, src.Length);

Please note that this is not a conversion, but a re-casting. It works if the elements objectare really elements string(for example, from a table Excel).