title: c# search array - No overload for method
body: <p>I keep getting an error when trying to compile my program, i'm having issues with the search part of the code. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the error I'm getting when compiling:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>week3.cs(97,17): error CS1501: No
    overload for method 'searchAccounts'
    takes 1 arguments week3.cs(27,21):
    (Location of symbol related to
    previous error)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Here is my entire code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>using System;
  
  class Accounts
      {
          // private class members
          const int arrayLength = 5;
          private int [] Account = new int[arrayLength]; //create arrays
          private double [] AcctBalance = new double[arrayLength];
          private string [] LastName = new string[arrayLength];
  
          // fill all three parallel arrays with input
          public void fillAccounts(int[] Account, double[] AcctBalance, string[] accountNameArray)
          {
              int arrayLength = 0;
              for (int i = 0; i &lt; Account.Length; i++)
              {
                  Console.Write("Enter integer account number ");
                  Account[arrayLength] = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
                  Console.Write("Enter account balance ");
                  AcctBalance[arrayLength] = Convert.ToDouble(Console.ReadLine());
                  Console.Write("Enter account holder last name ");
  
              } //end for
  
          } //end fillAccounts method
  
          public void searchAccounts(int[] Account, double[] AccountBalance, string[] LastName)
          {
              int accountNum = 0;
              bool isValid = false;
              int x = 0;
  
              Console.Write("Please enter the account number you wish to search for ");
              accountNum = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
  
              while (x &lt; Account.Length &amp;&amp; accountNum != Account[x])
                  ++x;
              if(x != Account.Length)
              {
                  isValid = true;
              }
              if(isValid)
                  Console.WriteLine("Account number " + Account[x] + " has a balance of " + AcctBalance[x]
                      + " and the account holder is " + LastName[x]);
              else
                  Console.WriteLine("No such account as {0}", accountNum);
  
  
          }
  
          public void averageAccounts(int[] Account, double[] AcctBalance)
          {
              // compute and display average of all 5 bal as currency use length.
              int balanceCount = 0;
              double balance = AcctBalance[balanceCount];
              double balanceSum = 0;
              double averageBalance = 0;
  
              for (int i = 0; i &lt; Account.Length; i++)
              {
                  balanceSum = balanceSum + balanceCount;
              }
              averageBalance = (balanceSum/balanceCount);
          } //end averageAccounts method
      } //end public class accounts
  
  
      class account_assignment  //wrapper class for main
      {
          static void Main()
          {
          int[] Account; 
          double[] AcctBalance; 
          string[] LastName;
              char entry;
              char a, A;
              char b, B;
              char x, X;
  
              //instantiate one new Accounts object
              Accounts accounts = new Accounts();
  
              //call class methods to fill accounts Array
              accounts.fillAccounts(Account, AcctBalance, LastName);
              //menu detailing entnries to select search (a or A) average (b or B) exit (x or X)
  
  
              Console.WriteLine("*****************************************");
              Console.WriteLine("enter an a or A to search account numbers");
              Console.WriteLine("enter a b or B to average the accounts");
              Console.WriteLine("enter an x or X to exit program");
              Console.WriteLine("*****************************************");
  
              entry = Convert.ToChar(Console.ReadLine());
  
              if (entry == 'a' || entry == 'A')
                  accounts.searchAccounts(Account);
              if (entry == 'b' || entry == 'B')
                  accounts.averageAccounts(Account, AcctBalance);
              if (entry == 'x' || entry == 'X')
                  Console.WriteLine("The program will now close");
  
              //internal documentation
          } //end main
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>