   comparing 2 strings (C#)
  Hello,I have to strings:string test1 = "bceasue" //notice bad spellingstring test2 = "because" //notice correct spelling.ok, here is the problem. I am trying to detect is test1 has exactlythe same letters as test2. How do I do it? Something to do withcharacter arrays? Its just I am making a word game and I need todetect if a jumbled up letter actully makes a word.Thanks,Rob 
  My first instinct is to convert both strings to char arrays with String.ToCharArray(). Then sort both char arrays with Array.Sort() and then compare the char arrays for equality. ;  thank you! Ill see if that works! I managed to get both strings to char arrays! Never new about the sort command though. Thank You,Rob ;  If you have to use char arrays for one reason or another, strings ARE char arrays. Just access each character via indexer as you usually would;test1[0]test1[1].. etc   EDIT:You can also do a foreach loop;foreach (char c in test1) {  // ..}   [edited by - wyrd on March 22, 2004 5:51:01 PM];  That will not work because the word 'because' can change to any word in the dictionairy. Is there any command to split a string into characters and compare the 2 to see if they contain exactly the same characters?   [edited by - rob64464 on March 22, 2004 5:58:18 PM];  thats what sort is for. Wont that sort it numerically?So Because becomes abceesu&   Beausce becomes abceesu then you loop at check SR1 == SR2  </i>  ;  so that code will work, yeah?Thanks,Rob ;  Array.Sort(test1.ToCharArray());Array.Sort(test2.ToCharArray());MessageBox.Show(test1.ToString());MessageBox.Show(test2.ToString());that does not change the string. It still gives out bceause and because. ;  You''re converting the strings to temporary arrays, sorting the temporary arrays and throwing the temporary arrays away. You need to keep the arrays that you''ve sorted around. ex:static bool comp(string s1, string s2) {char [] a1 = s1.ToCharArray();char [] a2 = s2.ToCharArray();Array.Sort(a1);Array.Sort(a2);return a1.ToString() == a2.ToString();} ;  Ummm, did you ever try:if (string1 == string2) {  // same} else {  // not same} 