initializer for array of struct

[ChrisA]

I have an array of 'struct' with three string fields which I would like to
initialize.
Is this possible?

public struct Role
{
string a; string b; string c;
}
...
Role[] roles = ?? ( {"1","2","3"}, {"4","5","6"} };

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

ChrisA <Ch****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I have an array of 'struct' with three string fields which I would like to
initialize.
Is this possible?

public struct Role
{
string a; string b; string c;
}
...
Role[] roles = ?? ( {"1","2","3"}, {"4","5","6"} };

Not quite, no. You'd need:

public struct Role
{
string a, b, c;

public Role (string a, string b, string c)
{
this.a = a;
this.b = b;
this.c = c;
}
}

then

Role[] roles = new Role[] { new Role ("1", "2", "3"),
new Role ("4", "5", "6") };

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[ChrisA]

Thanks. I don't know why I didn't try that. I'm used to the fairly flexible
initialization syntax from C/C++. I think I was expecting that there would
be a way to initialize each without allocating off the heap.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

ChrisA <Ch****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks. I don't know why I didn't try that. I'm used to the fairly flexible
initialization syntax from C/C++. I think I was expecting that there would
be a way to initialize each without allocating off the heap.

Well, if it weren't in an array, it still wouldn't be allocating on the
heap. "new" doesn't imply "heap" in C#.

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