convert Dictionary to array

Code:

    // declare child arrays
    public string[,] childcolor;
    public string[,] childgeneo;
  
   // create dictionaries
    public Dictionary<string, int> colors = new Dictionary<string, int>();
    public string color; // name for dictionary
   
    public Dictionary<string, string> geneo = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    public string gtype; // name for dictionary

  var jw = new hk1Class();

 public static void child_calc()
        {
    // convert dictionaries to child arrays
            
                jw.childcolor[,] arr = new jw.colors[jw.color.Count];
                jw.color.Values.ToArray();


                jw.childgeneo[,] arr = new jw.geneo[jw.gtype.Count];
                jw.gtype.Values.ToArray();


               int z = 0;
               while (z < (jw.totalcount + 1))
               {
                   // calculate color type %
                   int colorpct = ((jw.childcolor[z, 1] / jw.totalcount) * 100);
                   colorpct += "%"; // appedn to string


                   Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}",
                       jw.childcolor[z, 0],
                       jw.childgeneo[z, 0],
                       jw.childcolor[z, 1],
                       colorpct);
               } // end while


            } // end if
          


            return;
        } // end child_calc

I'm getting "field' is used like a 'type' error on jw.childcolor which causes other parts to error out.

How do I fix this & why am I getting the error?

I want to convert the dictionaries to arrays to read & write sequentially.

Code:

jw.childcolor[,] arr = new jw.colors[jw.color.Count];

This is a very weird line. Neither jw.childcolor nor jw.colors is a type. Variable declarations and new'd items need a type. Your compiler is telling you this and I don't know how to help you but to tell you the very same thing: the syntax you are using requires a TYPE. Like Int32 or String or Dictionary of T. Not a variable name.

You can just ToArray() the collection:

Code:

            Dictionary<int, string> dict = new Dictionary<int,string>();
            int[] keys = dict.Keys.ToArray();
            string[] values = dict.Values.ToArray();

I've reworked the code and now the problem is in the writeline parameters setup.

Code:

public class hk1Class

   public char colorpct;
  // create dictionaries
    public Dictionary<string, int> colors = new Dictionary<string, int>();
    public string color; // name for dictionary
   
    public Dictionary<string, string> geneo = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    public string gtype; // name for dictionary

   public class ColorGenetics
    {
        // hooks to other classes
        public static hk1Class jw;
        public static linkedClass link;
  static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var jw = new hk1Class();
            var link = new linkedClass();


            program(); // all other methods are called from within


        } // end main
       public static void child_calc()
        {
           


            if (jw.totalcount == hk1Class.rows)
            { jw.linked = true; }


            if (jw.linked == true)
            {
                linkedClass.linked_parent_setup();
                {
                    Dictionary<string, int> childcolor1 = new Dictionary<string, int>();
                    Dictionary<string, int> colorscopy = new Dictionary<string, int>(childcolor1);
                    string[] keys = childcolor1.Keys.ToArray();
                    int[] values = childcolor1.Values.ToArray();


                    Dictionary<string, string> childgeneo1 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                    Dictionary<string, string> geneocopy = new Dictionary<string, string>(childgeneo1);
                    string[] keys1 = childgeneo1.Keys.ToArray();
                    string[] values1 = childgeneo1.Values.ToArray();




        


                }
                int z = 0;

this section is giving me problems

Code:

                   while (z < (jw.totalcount + 1))
                {
                    // calculate color type %
                    int colorpct1 = ((childcolor1[z, 1] / jw.totalcount) * 100);
                    jw.colorpct = colorct1;


                    {
                        int x;
                        x = jw.colorpct.Length;
                        jw.colorpct += "%";
                    }


                    Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}",
                       childcolor1[z, 0],
                       childgeneo1[z, 0],
                       childcolor1[z, 1],
                       jw.colorpct);
                } // end while


            } // end if
          


            return;
        } // end child_calc

I'm running into var not existing in current context and type conversion errors.

Maybe you can format your code so that it looks neat and proper, the way it's sprinkled all over your file with various anonymous blocks (curly braces where none are needed) it's no wonder you get confused with variable scopes