Question

List<Double> constants = new ArrayList<Double>() {{
            add(1.4);
            add(0.4);
            add(1.2);
            add(2.4);
            add(4.2);
            add(5);
            add(6.0);
            add(7.0);           
          }};

Answer 1

In C# 3.0 or greater,

var constants = new List<double> { 1.4, 0.4, 1.2, 2.4, 4.2, 5D, 6D, 7D };

constantsis implicitly typed toList<double>with thevarkeyword. The list is initialized (by putting the numbers in braces) using the collection-initializer syntax.

This is equivalent to (C# 2.0 or greater):

List<double> constants = new List<double>();
constants.Add(1.4);
constants.Add(0.4);
constants.Add(1.2);
constants.Add(2.4);
constants.Add(4.2);
constants.Add(5D);
constants.Add(6D);
constants.Add(7D);

You can leave out theDs, but I prefer to be explicit with numeric literals.

On another note, if this really represented a list of unnamed constants, it would be good to use an immutable collection such as ReadOnlyCollection<T>. For example:

var constants = new List<double>{1.4, 0.4, 1.2, 2.4, 4.2, 5, 6, 7}.AsReadOnly();