Question

Lets say I have something like this:

MySomething element1 = new MySomething(stuff);
MySomething element2 = new MySomething(stuff);
MySomething element3 = new MySomething(stuff);
MySomething element4 = new MySomething(stuff);
MySomething element5 = new MySomething(stuff);
//and so on...

Now lets say I have a list or something somewhere and I would like to add all of the elements to the list. They I have to to do:

myList.add(element1);
myList.add(element2);
//and so on...

That would take long. And If I would have 100+ elements, well it takes forever ^^ Is there a faster way to add that much of created ‘elements’ into a list? I know

myList.add(new MySomething(stuff));

But let say, the elements were already created like here in example. How to add them in c# into a list faster? Thank you 🙂

Edit: ok and I have to say, the names are not always element1-100 its sometime element23, element454 and so on. The number after element is not always sequential. And yes they are all of the same type.

Answer 1

If they are all of the same type and you know how many you need just use a loop to create an array initially:

MySomething[] items = new MySomething[N];
for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
    items[i] = new MySomething(stuff);
}

later, add all items to the list:

list.AddRange(items);