C#

al.Add("str1");
al.Add("str2");
al.Add("str3");
al.Add("str4");
al.Add("str5");

al2.Add(richTextBox1.Text);
al2.Add(richTextBox1.Text);
al2.Add(richTextBox1.Text);
al2.Add(richTextBox1.Text);
al2.Add(richTextBox1.Text);

value0 = comapare(a1[0], a2[0]);
value1 = comapare(a1[1], a2[1]);
value2 = comapare(a1[2], a2[2]);
value3 = comapare(a1[3], a2[3]);

int differenceBetweenTwoWords = YetiLevenshtein(a1[index], a2[index]);

bool found = false;
string word = richTextBox1.Text;
foreach (string w in al) {
   if (w == word) {
      found = true;
      break;
   }
}

dennycrane wrote:

I´m making a spelling test.

[Textbox looks like this]
Foo
Bar
Bat
Baz

string[] correctlySpelledWords = { "foo", "bar", "bat", "baz" };      
string[] studentSpelledWords = textBox.Text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
bool studentSpelledEverythingCorrectly = ContainsSameElements(correctlySpelledwords, studenSpelledWords); 

....

bool ContainsSameElements(string[] first, string[] second)
{
    if (first.Length != second.Length)
    {
       return false;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < first.Length; i++)
    {
        if (!string.Equals(first, second, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    return true;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {

           AthugaStafset();
           ContainsSameElements(first, second);

       }

       public void ChkSpell()
       {

           string[] correctlySpelledWords = { "foo", "bar", "bat", "baz" };
           string[] studentSpelledWords = richTextBox1.Text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
           bool studentSpelledEverythingCorrectly = ContainsSameElements(correctlySpelledWords, studentSpelledWords);

           if (studentSpelledEverythingCorrectly)
           {
               label1.Text = "Same";
           }
           else
           {
               label1.Text = "They differ";

           }

       }

       public bool ContainsSameElements(string[] first, string[] second)
       {
           if (first.Length != second.Length)
           {
               return false;
           }

           for (int i = 0; i < first.Length; i++)
           {
               if (!string.Equals(first, second, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
               {
                   return false;
               }
           }

           return true;

dennycrane wrote:

don´t I need a list to compare though?

string[] correctlySpelledWords = { "foo", "bar", "bat", "baz" };
string[] studentSpelledWords = richTextBox1.Text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

List<string> correctSpellings;
List<string> userSpellings

correctSpellings.Add("string1");
...
userSpellings.Add(textBox.Text);
...

for(int i=0; i<userspellings.length; i++) {
   if(String.Compare(userSpellings[i], correctSpellings[i], true) == 0)
       //correct spelling
   else
      //incorrect spelling
}

userSpelling.Length