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What options do I have when initializing string[] object?

nawfal
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mrblah
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You have several options:

string[] items = { "Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4" };

string[] items = new string[]
{
  "Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4"
};

string[] items = new string[10];
items[0] = "Item1";
items[1] = "Item2"; // ...
Will Eddins
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    Don't forget the `string[] items = { "Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4" };` shortcut. – LukeH Oct 01 '09 at 16:19
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Basic:

string[] myString = new string[]{"string1", "string2"};

or

string[] myString = new string[4];
myString[0] = "string1"; // etc.

Advanced: From a List

list<string> = new list<string>(); 
//... read this in from somewhere
string[] myString = list.ToArray();

From StringCollection

StringCollection sc = new StringCollection();
/// read in from file or something
string[] myString = sc.ToArray();
Blue Toque
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  • Can someone add an example of "From a List" above but for the case of loading the contents of 2 lists into a 2 dimensional array (not jagged ie double[,])? – skinnedknuckles May 28 '15 at 22:19
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string[] str = new string[]{"1","2"};
string[] str = new string[4];
Mike Blandford
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