What is the most performant way to copy an array's elements into a List ?

"John Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message
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> What is the most performant way to copy an array's elements into a List ?

string[] astrTest = new string[5];

astrTest[0] = "One";

astrTest[1] = "One";

astrTest[2] = "One";

astrTest[3] = "One";

astrTest[4] = "One";

List<string> lstTest = new List<string>(astrTest);

"John Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote:
> What is the most performant way to copy an array's elements into a List ?
>

I always use the .AddRange() method on List<T>. I've never profiled it to
see if there's a faster way, but I would think not.

Certainly, this is the best method in terms of Code Clarity and Maintenance,
which are generally way more important than the actual performance.

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Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise, MVP C#
http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins

"Chris Mullins [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> "John Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote:
>> What is the most performant way to copy an array's elements into a List ?
>>
>
> I always use the .AddRange() method on List<T>. I've never profiled it to
> see if there's a faster way, but I would think not.
>
> Certainly, this is the best method in terms of Code Clarity and
> Maintenance, which are generally way more important than the actual
> performance.

I should add that, if it's practical, you should allocate your List<T> with
the correct capacity.

This means if you have a populated array myArray, you should:

List<string> myList = new List<string>(myArray.Length);
myList.AddRange(myArray);

Doing this will avoid all sorts of unnecessary memory allocations and array
resizes.

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Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise, MVP C#
http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins