Split error to retrieve integer in asp.net c#

Question

string date = dr["event_date"].ToString();
string[] eventdate = date.Split('-');
int date_no = Convert.ToInt32(eventdate[2]);

I get an error

Index was outside the bounds of the array

on the last line

Perhaps you should validate your assumptions about the output of `ToString()`. Do you know how to use the debugger? — John Wu, Jul 15 '18 at 01:33
Index was outside the bounds of the array. 0 down vote Line 94: int date_no = Convert.ToInt32(eventdate[2]); I got an error "Index was outside the bounds of the array" in the above line — Jawad, Jul 15 '18 at 01:42
The error clearly say's that there is not a single element at the used index `2` — Prashant Pimpale, Jul 15 '18 at 06:22
@Jawad pls post the `date` variable value or in which format you try to retrieve the value — Prashant Pimpale, Jul 15 '18 at 06:28
Possible duplicate of [What is an IndexOutOfRangeException / ArgumentOutOfRangeException and how do I fix it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20940979/what-is-an-indexoutofrangeexception-argumentoutofrangeexception-and-how-do-i-f) — VDWWD, Jul 15 '18 at 10:23

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '18 at 01:47

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int date_no = Convert.ToInt32(eventdate[1])

Array index starts from 0

answered Jul 15 '18 at 01:47

Raj

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Not the one who down-voted you, but people tend to down-vote "lazy" answers. Your answer would be more beneficial to explain the indexing error, why it happened, etc. so that OP actually learns something from it, not just copy-paste your code without even understanding what went wrong in the first place, which clearly they don't, hence the post. – ForeverZer0 Jul 15 '18 at 06:25

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