>>>Why not use a List instead?
>>
>>Because I need the fields of the records of the text file as an array. Can I Linq to a List Of String[]? Haven't tried it.
>>
>>Anyway, thanks for caring.
>>
>>
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>>>>

>>>>        public static string[,] lines = new string[1,13];
>>>>        static T[,] ResizeArray<T>(T[,] original, int rows, int cols)
>>>>        {
>>>>            var newArray = new T[rows, cols];
>>>>            int minRows = Math.Min(rows, original.GetLength(0));
>>>>            int minCols = Math.Min(cols, original.GetLength(1));
>>>>            for (int i = 0; i < minRows; i++)
>>>>                for (int j = 0; j < minCols; j++)
>>>>                    newArray[i, j] = original[i, j];
>>>>            return newArray;
>>>>        }
>>>>        public static void loadUploadedInvoices(string filename)
>>>>        {
>>>>            var work = File.ReadAllLines(filename).Select(a => a.Split("\t"[0])).ToArray();
>>>>            int rows = work.Length-1;
>>>>            string[,] work2 = new string[rows, 13];
>>>>            for (int r=0; r<rows; r++)
>>>>                for (int c= 0; c<13; c++)
>>>>                {
>>>>                    work2[r, c] = work[r][ c];
>>>>                }
>>>>            lines = AigFundedInvoices.ResizeArray<String>(work2, rows, 13);
>>>>        }
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This kinda works, but I'm copying everything twice. Is there a way to do this by copying only once?
>
>Linq is designed to work with one dimensional IEnumerable structures. It probably won't work for you unless you can work with jagged arrays/lists. You may find some helpful suggestions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9774901/how-to-convert-list-of-arrays-into-a-multidimensional-array.
>
Right! Thanks. I wasn't sure what the difference was anymore between string[][] (a jagged array, a difficult denomination for a non English speaker) and string[,] a two dimensional array. I recall vaguely that in js and in php, there is no distinctions. It seems that what I want is a jagged array.


>As far as copying everything twice, is there a reason that you need to call the ResizeArray function? Why not just set lines = work2?

Right again. Silly me uh. I found the resize method first, but I couldn't get a two dimensional array out of the LInq statement. But you're absolutely right. I can set lines to work2.

Many thanks.