Finding values based on array index in List<string[]>

I have an array structured like this:

{"nick", "sender", "message"}

arranged into a List<string[]>.

Wh开发者_如何学Cat I want to do, is to search the list using the 0 index value of the array (ie nick).

I tried using:

list.Find(i => i[0].Equals(nick))

but this doesn't seem to do anything.

How would I do this?

I think this what you want

list.Where(i => i[0] == "nick")

It will return a IEnumerable<string[]> where nick if the first element in each string[]

 list.Where(x => x[0].Equals(nick)); 

I guess you're after:-

list.Find(i => i.Equals("nick"))

I'm also guessing that this isn't what you mean....

Perhaps you have something more like this:-

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var test = new List<string[]>() {
                                            new String[3] { "a", "b", "b" }, 
                                            new String[3] { "a", "c", "c" }, 
                                            new String[3] { "b", "b", "c" }, 
                                            new String[3] { "a", "d", "d" }, 
                                            new String[3] { "x", "y", "z" } 
                                        };
        var foundFirst = test.Find(i => i[0].Equals("a"));
        var foundAll = test.Where(i => i[0].Equals("a"));
    }