C# - Error “not all code paths return a value” with an array as out parameter

Question

I currently have the below code:

public int GetSeatInfoString(DisplayOptions choice, out string[] strSeatInfoStrings)

    {
        strSe         


        

Answer 1

You can add return strSeatInfoStrings.Length at the end

public int GetSeatInfoString(DisplayOptions choice, out string[] strSeatInfoStrings)

    {
        strSeatInfoStrings = null;
        int count = GetNumOfSeats(choice);

        if ((count <= 0))
            return 0;

        strSeatInfoStrings = new string[count];

        int i = 0;

        for (int index = 0; index <= m_totNumOfSeats - 1; index++)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_nameList[index]))
                strSeatInfoStrings[i++] =
m_nameList[index].ToString(); }

    return strSeatInfoStrings.Length;

    }