Array

[Aleksey]

Hi All!

Does anybody know how can I change length of existing array. In Delphi I
used dynamic array and procedure SetLength. Is any similar procedure in C#.
For instance, I have array with 100 elements, and I need change its lenght
to 20 without lost data in it.

Thanks a lot

[Mattias Sjögren]

>Does anybody know how can I change length of existing array. In Delphi I

used dynamic array and procedure SetLength. Is any similar procedure in C#.
For instance, I have array with 100 elements, and I need change its lenght
to 20 without lost data in it.

You can't change the length of an array in C#. You may want to use an
ArrayList instead.

Mattias

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[David Anton]

There is an equivalent - i.e., similar code to what VB is doing behind the
scenes and similar performance (produced with our Instant C# VB to C#
converter):
e.g.,
VB:
Dim YourArray() As Integer
....
ReDim Preserve YourArray(i)

C#:
int[] YourArray;
....
int[] temp = new int[i + 1];
if (YourArray != null)
Array.Copy(YourArray, temp, Math.Min(YourArray.Length, temp.Length));
YourArray = temp;

As the other poster said, ArrayList will very often be a better solution,
but at least you have the equivalent now.

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"Aleksey" wrote:

Hi All!

Does anybody know how can I change length of existing array. In Delphi I
used dynamic array and procedure SetLength. Is any similar procedure in C#.
For instance, I have array with 100 elements, and I need change its lenght
to 20 without lost data in it.

Thanks a lot

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"Aleksey" <al************@il.quest.com> wrote in
news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

Does anybody know how can I change length of existing array. In Delphi
I used dynamic array and procedure SetLength. Is any similar procedure
in C#. For instance, I have array with 100 elements, and I need change
its lenght to 20 without lost data in it.

Be careful if using this in Delphi.NET. It supports it for compatibility, but it actually creates a new
array and copies the old one into it on .NET.
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