How to get a sub-string array from array string c# -

i'm new c#.
have string split string array , 1 of elements needs split again string array parsed differently. i'm trying convert string arrays float arrays , combine them 1 final float array @ original position.

string ido = "433, 045, 3-3-15, 444, 0.6,3.9,4,5,5,4,3,3";   string[] sn= ido.split(',', 13, stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries); string subnum = sn[2]; string[] st   = subnum.split('-',3,stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries); float [] stnum = array.convertall<string, float>(st, float.parse)  float[] farray = new float[ float.parse(sn[0]), float.parse(sn[1]),... stnum, float.parse(sn[3:end])]; 

i know last line wrong. don't want feed each element float.parse() individually. i'm trying there better way this? can use convertall how elements in string array element 3 end of array?

since want result of array of floats, can split original string on both ',' , '-' characters, end array of "number strings". can use float.tryparse() convert each "number string" float , add them array.

private static void main() {     string ido = "433, 045, 3-3-15, 444, 0.6,3.9,4,5,5,4,3,3";      // split on both comma , dash     var items = ido.split(',', '-');      // list hold items converted floats     var result = new list<float>();      foreach (var item in items)     {         float temp;          // use tryparse ensure can convert each item         if (float.tryparse(item, out temp))         {             result.add(temp);         }     }      // display final results     console.writeline(string.join(", ", result)); } 

ouput:

433, 45, 3, 3, 15, 444, 0.6, 3.9, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3

note in example above used list<float> because if tryparse fails item in original array, won't add item final result , therefore don't know how many items initialize array with. if really need array, can convert list array calling toarray() method so:

float[] arrayresult = result.toarray(); 

update

you can shorten whole thing down couple of lines if you're familiar linq:

string ido = "433, 045, 3-3-15, 444, 0.6,3.9,4,5,5,4,3,3";  float temp = 0; // temporarily holds each converted item  float[] arrayresult = ido.split(',', '-')     .where(item => float.tryparse(item, out temp))     .select(item => temp)     .toarray();