System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: 'Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index'

Question

This error is appearing when it reaches the classes[0].AddLesson(one); line and I have no idea why this is happening? any ideas would be great... I have two classes btw Lesson and Timetable

   List<Timetable> classes = new List<Timetable>();
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        
        Lesson one = new Lesson("maths", 1, 2);
        Lesson two = new Lesson("science", 3, 4);
        classes[0].AddLesson(one);
        classes[1].AddLesson(two);

        DisplayList(classes);

    }

    void DisplayList(List<Timetable> timetable)
    {
        lstTimetable.Items.Clear();
        foreach(Timetable t in timetable)
        {
            lstTimetable.Items.Add(t);
        }
    }

Does this answer your question? [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) — Selvin, Oct 12 '20 at 10:20
classes.Add(one); Use this instead of classes[0].AddLesson(one); — Ajoe, Oct 12 '20 at 10:44

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 12 '20 at 10:13

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The list is empty, so you first have to assign values to the list. If you replace

classes[0].AddLesson(one);

with

classes.Add(one);

It should work.

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answered Oct 12 '20 at 10:13

Daantje

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this will not even compile ... you cannot add `Lesson` class instance into `List` – Selvin Oct 12 '20 at 10:18

score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '20 at 10:11

You have created a new list here:

List<Timetable> classes = new List<Timetable>();

But you haven't added anything to that list so it had no length (zero indexes). When you try to assign a value to the first index of the list here:

classes[0].AddLesson(one);

You're getting the exception because index 0 doesn't exist.

If you want to add to a list you do:

classes.Add(one);

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: 'Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index'

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