Question

I dont think this is possible in c# but ill post it anyway.

Given my code

Control ctrlA = null, ctrlB = null;
var ctrlCollection = new []{ctrlA, ctrlB};
for (int i = 0; i < ctrlCollection.length;i++)
ctrlCollection[i] = new Control();

Is it possible to to construct these two objects and have them referenced to their respective variables (ctrlA and ctrlB)? As it stands, ctrlA and ctrlB will still have null references.

Answer 1

No, it’s not. (at least, not unless you want to work with pointers or something) Will this work for you?

var ctrlCollection = new Control[2];
for (int i = 0; i < ctrlCollection.Length; i++)
    ctrlCollection[i] = new Control();
Control ctrlA = ctrlCollection[0], ctrlB = ctrlCollection[1];