Casting an Array of Objects to a typed Array

[Phil Jones]

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

Presently I'm having to copy each object to a new array. I'm wondering if
there a conversion class within the framework or VB statement that makes
this quick and simple.

Cheers everyone.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)

[Cor Ligthert]

Phil,

You mean something as this?
Dim a() As Object = {"You", "never", "know", "why"}
MessageBox.Show (DirectCast(a(2 ), String))

I do not know a method to make a deep copy in one time and never saw it
although it is more time asked in this newsgroup.

Cor

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

Presently I'm having to copy each object to a new array. I'm wondering if
there a conversion class within the framework or VB statement that makes
this quick and simple.

Cheers everyone.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)

[Cor Ligthert]

Phil,

You mean something as this?
Dim a() As Object = {"You", "never", "know", "why"}
MessageBox.Show (DirectCast(a(2 ), String))

I do not know a method to make a deep copy in one time and never saw it
although it is more time asked in this newsgroup.

Cor

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

Presently I'm having to copy each object to a new array. I'm wondering if
there a conversion class within the framework or VB statement that makes
this quick and simple.

Cheers everyone.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Phil Jones" <ph************ @hotmail.com> schrieb:

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

<URL:http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=...2MSFTNGP11.phx
..gbl>

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Phil Jones" <ph************ @hotmail.com> schrieb:

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

<URL:http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=...2MSFTNGP11.phx
..gbl>

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Imran Koradia]

Please don't multi-post. You could have cross-posted this instead to
whatever groups you wanted the question to appear in.

Here's your VB version (for reference types):

Dim str() As String = DirectCast(objA rray, String())

Note that objArray is an object array which contains string elements. Again,
this won't work for value types. You can either use Array.Copy or cast each
element individually.

Dim iArray(objIntAr ray.Length - 1) As Integer
Array.Copy(objI ntArray, iArray, objIntArray.Len gth)
hope that helps..
Imran.
"Phil Jones" <ph************ @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. ..

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

Presently I'm having to copy each object to a new array. I'm wondering if
there a conversion class within the framework or VB statement that makes
this quick and simple.

Cheers everyone.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)

[Phil Jones]

Sorry dude. What do you mean by "cross-posted"? Is that putting all the
groups within the address of one message?

Thanks for the VB version! And thank you everyone else who responded.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)
"Imran Koradia" <no****@microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:uP******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...

Please don't multi-post. You could have cross-posted this instead to
whatever groups you wanted the question to appear in.

Here's your VB version (for reference types):

Dim str() As String = DirectCast(objA rray, String())

Note that objArray is an object array which contains string elements.
Again, this won't work for value types. You can either use Array.Copy or
cast each element individually.

Dim iArray(objIntAr ray.Length - 1) As Integer
Array.Copy(objI ntArray, iArray, objIntArray.Len gth)
hope that helps..
Imran.
"Phil Jones" <ph************ @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. ..

If I have an array of [Object]'s, all of the same type (say [String] for
example).

Is there a quick way to cast that to a typed String array?

Presently I'm having to copy each object to a new array. I'm wondering
if
there a conversion class within the framework or VB statement that makes
this quick and simple.

Cheers everyone.

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Phil
(Auckland | Aotearoa)

[Cor Ligthert]

> Sorry dude. What do you mean by "cross-posted"? Is that putting all the

groups within the address of one message?

Yes

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Phil Jones" <ph************ @hotmail.com> schrieb:

Sorry dude. What do you mean by "cross-posted"? Is
that putting all the groups within the address of one message?

Yes, but /only/ post the question to relevant groups (three groups at max.).

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Phil Jones]

Understood - thank you