C#, GeometryBase.GetUserStrings

I'm trying to extract the UserStrings of any input geometry that inherits this property from GeometryBase. I'm having some trouble with type casting in C#.

Here's my current code:

var data = geometry.GetUserStrings();

In the code above, 'geometry' would point to a GeometryBase object

Here's the Error I'm receiving:

error: Unable to cast object of type 'Rhino.Geometry.PolylineCurve' to type 'System.IConvertible'. (line: 0)

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Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on February 18, 2012 at 9:48am

Hi Ben,

I do not think the problem is immediately at that line. Can you post a larger sample?
What is happening to "data"?

Thanks,

- Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on February 18, 2012 at 11:20am

You are right, it was because I was trying to cast 'geometry' to a Boolean, like I do in python, thinking that would prevent errors that occur when there is no input, like the 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object' error.

I had used this:

if (System.Convert.ToBoolean(geometry)) { // other stuff }

That is what caused the error.

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on February 18, 2012 at 11:22am

is there an easy way to test if 'geometry' (or any other variable) contains an instance or not?

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on February 18, 2012 at 2:13pm

Hi Benjamin,

in C# this is:

geometry != null

However, there are some other tiny syntactic and semantic differences. You should read a C# book or have a look at some introductory websites to gain better insight. For example, an empty array is not equivalent to null in C#, and you need to explicitly check against it (if the case requires).

Thanks,

- Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on February 18, 2012 at 2:25pm

Thank you Giulio.

I had learned some C# before I started python, but it's been quite a while. I definitely need to find a good quick reintroduction.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on February 18, 2012 at 2:30pm

I think the books by Jesse Liberty were effective. Maybe a little general.

- Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on February 19, 2012 at 2:19am

Thanks! I'll check it out

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