Question

I’m trying to translate an array declaration from VB.Net to C#, and I’m struggling. The Vb code is in the format:

dim variableName() as typeName = {}

Answer 1

Sounds like you want:

typeName[] variableName = {};

For example:

string[] names = { "Fred", "Bill", "Jon" };

Or using var and an explicitly typed array creation expression:

var names = new string[] { "Fred", "Bill", "Jon" };

Or using var and an implicitly typed array (not so good for an empty array, of course):

var names = new[] { "Fred", "Bill", "Jon" };