Question

I have this code:

private object Add(object a, object b)
{
    // Assume: a and b are the same types.
    // Assume: a and b are numeric types (ex. int).

    Array array = Array.CreateInstance(a.GetType(), 2);
    array.SetValue(a, 0);
    array.SetValue(b, 1);

    // Is it possible to return the Sum of the values inside the Array instance?
}

There are many alternative (and of course better) ways to do this using a regular array, generics or avoid passing object and just pass int, double, etc.

Just trying to figure out if this is possible at all (without the use of dynamic primitive type).

Answer 1

If you know that the array contains only ints, you can do that:

int sum = array.Cast<int>().Sum();

If the array contains integer numeric values, but you don’t know their type, you can try something like that:

long sum = array.Cast<object>().Select(o => Convert.ToInt64(o)).Sum();