C# tutorial- Arrays

C# Arrays

One-dimensional Array

A One-dimensional array stores elements in a linear manner. Each element in the array has its own index(from 0 to the array size subtracted by 1). We can access the element of the array by using their indices.

-Declaring one-dimensional array

To declare a one-dimensional array in C#, you need to use the new keyword as shown below.

Example

      int[] i=new int[5]; //declare an array named i to store 5 integer values

To assign values to the array, you can write those values as below.

      int[] i=new int[5]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};//The array got values
or

      i[0]=1;

      i[1]=2;

      i[2]=3;

      i[3]=4;

      i[4]=5;

Note: The start index of the array is 0 and the end its end index is equal to its size subtracted by 1.

-Accessing elements of an array

You can access the elements of array by specify their indexes.

Example:

     //Declaring 1D array

      int[] i=new int[5];

      //assign values to the array

      i[0]=1;

      i[1]=2;

      i[2]=3;

      i[3]=4;

      i[4]=5;

      //Accessing 1D array elements

      for(int j=0;j<5;j++) Console.WriteLine("{0}",i[j]);/*accessing values from the array */

Two-dimensional array

To create and use a two-dimensional array, you will use two square brackets instead of one.

Example:

      //Declaring 2D array

      int[,] a=new int[3,3];

      //initialize the 2D array

      for (int r = 0; r < 3; r++)

          for (int c = 0; c < 3; c++)

              a[r, c] = c + 1;

      //accessing values from the array

      for (int r = 0; r < 3; r++)

      {

          for (int c = 0; c < 3; c++)

              Console.Write("\t{0}", a[r, c]);

          Console.WriteLine();
   }