Illustrated C# 2012

C H A P T E R  12

Arrays

• Arrays
• Types of Arrays
• An Array as an Object
• One-Dimensional and Rectangular Arrays
• Instantiating a One-Dimensional or Rectangular Array
• Accessing Array Elements
• Initializing an Array
• Jagged Arrays
• Comparing Rectangular and Jagged Arrays
• The foreach Statement
• Array Covariance
• Useful Inherited Array Members
• Comparing Array Types

Arrays

An array is a set of uniform data elements represented by a single variable name. The individual elements are accessed using the variable name together with one or more indexes between square brackets, as shown here:

   Array name   Index                 ↓    ↓     MyArray[4]

Definitions

Let's start with some important definitions having to do with arrays in C#.

• Elements: The individual ...