How to set the length of byte[]

[flyfish]

If some function just like

SetLength(byteData,100)

.....?

[Mattias Sjögren]

The array length is set when you instantiate the array, and can't be
changed after that.

ArrayLists on the other hand can grow and shrink in size. But I
generally wouldn't recommend using that a replacement for a byte[]
since every byte would be boxed.

Mattias

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[William Stacey [MVP]]

You can't change the length, but you could allocate a new array of larger
size and copy current array into it.
byte[] SetLenght(byte[] currByteArray, int newSize)
{
if ( currByteArray.Length > newSize)
//error
byte[] newArray = new byte[newSize];
// copy currArray to newArray.
return newArray;
}

Other error checks are needed.

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"flyfish" <bl*********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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If some function just like

SetLength(byteData,100)

....?

[Daniel Billingsley]

Hmmm.. is that going to be true with generics as well?

"Mattias Sjögren" <ma********************@mvps.org> wrote in message
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The array length is set when you instantiate the array, and can't be
changed after that.

ArrayLists on the other hand can grow and shrink in size. But I
generally wouldn't recommend using that a replacement for a byte[]
since every byte would be boxed.

Mattias

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Daniel Billingsley <db**********@NO.durcon.SPAAMM.com> wrote:

Hmmm.. is that going to be true with generics as well?

No, I don't believe so.
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