Question

In Java, I can assign a value from Vector to a String variable.

String str = vector1.elementAt(0).toString();

How can I do the same thing in C# with List?

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are many ways to do this:

Assuming

List<string> yourList;

Then all of the following would put the element in position index inside a string variable:

1. string s = yourList[index];
2. string s = yourList.ToArray()[index];
3. string s = yourList.ElementAt(index);

In all of the above, index must fall within the range 0 - (yourList.Length-1) since array indexing in C# is zero-based.

This, on the other hand, while it would seem the same, won’t even compile:

4. string s = youList.Skip(index).Take(1);

.Take() in this case doesn’t return a string but a IEnumerable<string> which is still a collection.