Storing input to array

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1

I am creating this quiz app and I’m having a little bit of trouble in storing the data and loading/displaying it afterwards. I will try to be as detailed as much as I can in explain my questions.

It’s supposed to be this way

  • five text fields
  • 1 for question
  • 4 for choices
  • after user clicks save
  • the question will be stored in an
    array
  • new questions will be stored in the
    same array as the old questions

The way I structured the question and answers are like this:

  • Quiz is their parent
  • save button is not within quiz

I want to store/save the questions with its choices in an array so i can load them for future use.

EXTRA QUESTION:

Is there a way that I can randomize the order for the answers(when displayed)

For example inputs are

  • What is 2+2
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Then it will display

  • What is 2+2
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1

[EDIT]

Below is the class that accepts the user input for the question.

 public class NewQuestion{

    public static void getQuestion(string newQuestion)
    {
        Debug.Log("input" + newQuestion);
        string question = newQuestion;
    }
	
}

Below is one of the classes that accepts the input for the answers.

public class choiceA : MonoBehaviour
{ 
    public void getAnswerA(string A)
    {
        Debug.Log("input" + A);
        string optionA = A;
    }

}

Below is the class where I am trying to call all the inputs when I click a save button.

 [System.Serializable]
        public class OnClickSave : MonoBehaviour
        {
        
            public string question;
            public string optionA;
            public string optionB;
            public string optionC;
            public string optionD;
        
            public ArrayList[] items;
}
2

Thank you for updating your question. It’s actually one of the better one’s I’ve seen on this website, it was just a bit difficult to see where you were going. This is only part of the question answered, I’m just posting this here as an update;

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.IO;

[System.Serializable]
public class Data
{
	public int questionNumber;
	public string question;
	public string optionA;
	public string optionB;
	public string optionC;
	public string optionD;
}

public class DataTest : MonoBehaviour
{

	public Data[] inputData;

	public Data[] data;
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update ()
	{
		if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire1")) {
			data = new Data[inputData.Length];

			foreach (Data d in inputData)
				Save (d, true);
        }

		if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire2"))
			data = Load ();
	}

	void Save (Data d, bool s)
	{
		data[d.questionNumber] = d;

		if (s)
		{
			BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
			FileStream file = File.Create(Application.dataPath + "/data.dat");
			bf.Serialize(file, data);
			file.Close();
		}
	}

	Data[] Load ()
	{
		if (File.Exists (Application.dataPath + "/data.dat"))
		{
			BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
			FileStream file = File.Open (Application.dataPath + "/data.dat", FileMode.Open);
			Data[] d = (Data[])bf.Deserialize (file);
			file.Close ();
			return d;
		}
		else
		{
			return new Data[1];
		}
	}
}

This class should allow for the saving and loading of data. The great thing about this is, because we are using a custom class as a serializable container, we can save and load data as that format, meaning we don’t have to do type conversions, etc. I’ll work on the rest of the question when I have time.