Question

I got the compile error message “Array size cannot be specified in a variable declaration (try initializing with a ‘new’ expression)” when I tried to declare an array of linked lists.

public LinkedList<LevelNode>[2] ExistingXMLList;

Also, if I wanted to create a small array of strings, isn’t the following the correct way?

string [2] inputdata;

Answer 1

You declare an array with just [].

LinkedList[] XMLList;

Then you instantiate it with the size.

XMLList = new LinkedList[2];

Or both at the same time:

LinkedList[] XMLList = new LinkedList[2];

To add LinkedLists to this array you type:

XMLList[0] = new LinkedList();
XMLList[1] = new LinkedList();