Arrays 2

When you declare an array, you don’t have to specify the capacity of the array.

You have to do this while initializing arrays.

[VB] Dim v as Integer()

[CS] int[] v;

This is just declaration of integer array variable. Value of v is nothing/null.

Initializing arrays with 5 elements

[VB] v =  new Integer(4){}

[CS] v =  new int[5]

in Visual Basic, the value specified within the parenthesis are Upper bound and the lower bound is always zero. Hence it can hold 5 elements (0,1,2,3,4).

VB developers: To avoid confusion, you can declare like this

[VB] v = new Integer(0 to 4){}

Array elements can be accessed with indexes

[VB] Dim n as Integer = v(2)

[CS] int n = v[2]

Index can also be variable

[VB]

    Dim index as integer = 2

    Dim n as Integer = v[index]

[CS]

    int index = 2;

    int n = v[index];

Accessing array elements by indexes gives a great opportunity for working with large set of data.

You can access series of elements using looping constructs.

[VB]

    For index as Integer = 0 to 4

        v(index) = index * 10

        Console.WriteLine(v(index))

    Next

[CS]

    for(int index=0;index<5;index++)

    {

        v[index] = index * 10;

        Console.WriteLine(v[index]);

    }

Also you can access elements with foreach loops

[VB]

    Foreach element as Integer in v

        Console.WriteLine(element)

    Next

[CS]

    foreach(int element in v)

    {

        Console.WriteLine(v[element])

    }