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    Even if you're passing your indexes to an existing function (such as Array.Copy), it can still require thought to get bound conditions correct. Imagining what happens in a 0 length and 1 length and 2 length situations can be the best way to make sure you're not copying too few or too many. Commented Apr 17, 2016 at 14:42
  • @BryceWagner - Absolutely true, but without a clear idea of what problem is that you're actually solving you're going to spend a lot of time thrashing about in the dark in a 'hit and hope' strategy which is by far the OP's biggest problem at this point. Commented Apr 17, 2016 at 15:24
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    @CodeYogi - you have and as pointed out by others you have broken the problem into sub-problems rather poorly, which is why a number of answers mention your approach to solving the problem as the way to avoid it. It's not something you should take personally, just experience from those of us who have been there. Commented Apr 17, 2016 at 20:58
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    @CodeYogi, I think you may have confused this site with Stack Overflow. This site is the equivalent of a Q&A session at a whiteboard, not at a computer terminal. "Show me the code" is a pretty explicit indication that you are on the wrong site. Commented Apr 19, 2016 at 19:53
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    @Wildcard +1: "Show me the code" is, to me, an excellent indicator as to why this answer is right and that maybe I need to work on ways to better demonstrate that it's a human-factor / design problem that can only be addressed by changes in the human process - no amount of code could teach it. Commented Apr 20, 2016 at 11:35