Question

Is there an equivalent object type for Actionscript’s Vector in C#? If not, what is would generally be used?

Answer 1

From the ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform:

The Vector class lets you access and manipulate a vector — an array whose elements all have the same data type.

The equivalent class in .NET is the generic List<T> Class.

From MSDN:

Represents a strongly typed list of objects that can be accessed by index.

The element’s type is designated by the generic type parameter T. So, for example, a “Vector with base type String” Vector.<String> in Flash would be a “List of X” List<string> in C#.

Example:

var dinosaurs = new List<string>();

dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus");
dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus");

foreach (var dinosaur in dinosaurs)
{
    Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
}