.NET and COM Interoperability Handbook, The

Creating and Using an Array in C#

Working with Arrays in C# is simpler and less error-prone than C and C++. Arrays in C# are objects that support the properties shown in Table 4-8.

Table 4-8. A sample of the properties in System.Array

Property Name	Description
Length	Returns the number of elements in the array. If the array is multidimensional, it returns the total number of elements in all dimensions.
Rank	Returns the number of dimensions of the array, that is, the rank will be 2 for a 2D array.

The C# array class contains the methods shown in Table 4-9.

Table 4-9. A sample of the methods in System.Array

Method Name	Description
Clear	Sets a range of elements in the array to zero or a null reference.
Copy	Copies a portion of one array to another (deep copy). ...