How to take a user input of an array in c#??

Question

i am having trouble when i try to get user input of an array.. this is my code!!!. the problem is when i take input .. it does not store that specific value.. for exapmle if i take inout 1. it stores 48 and the while loop runs 3 time and then asks for the second input.. plz help!! following is my code!!run it and tell wats wrong..

using System;

class abc
{
    static void Main()
    {
        int[]a=new int[5];
        int b=0;
        int l=1;
        int I=1;

        Console.WriteLine("***************Taking User Input****************");
        while (l != 0)
        {

            Console.Write(I + ".");
            a[b] = Console.Read();
            l = a[b];
            b++;
            I++;
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

I'm not sure what do you want to do, but look below:

static void Main()
{
    int[]a=new int[5]; int b=0; int l=1; int I=1;
    while (l != 0)
    {
        Console.Write(I + ".");
        a[b] = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
        l = a[b];
        b++;
        I++;
    }
}

Answer 2

Console.Read returns an integer corresponding to the key code. When you type the character "1" into the console, that doesn't translate to an integer 1 being returned from Console.Read().

You can also get rid of a bunch of your variables used for indexing:

        int[] a = new int[5];
        int i = 1;

        Console.WriteLine("***************Taking User Input****************");
        while (i <= a.Length)
        {
            Console.Write(i + ". ");
            a[i-1] = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());

            if (a[i-1] == 0) break;  // escape while loop if user inputs "0"

            i++;
        }

Answer 3

plz explain briefly about Convert.ToInt32 i thought that for string we use simple console.readline and for integers we use read.. i didnt know about this convert code...as the book i am following does not cover that...