Arrays in C#

[Krish]

I think I have understood Arrays incorrectly in C#.

I declared the following

int[] myIntArray = new int[5] { 1,2,3,4,5 };

I assumed that this has created an Integer Array, and to access any element
I would have to do the following : myIntArray[4];

However I see that there is also another way of doing this I am not sure
why people would use this call.

int myRes = (int) (myIntArray.GetValue(1));

I think I have to do this only if my Array is an array of Objects.

Please clarify.

 

[William Stacey [MVP]]

Array class implements IList as you could do in your own class. Hence, it
implements the "Item" property with get and set accessors which provides the
ability to access a specific element in the collection by using the
"myCollection[index]" syntax. So the get accessor for Array, actually calls
"this.GetValue(index)". So they are effectively equivilent. Calling
GetValue(index) directly, removes the additional method call, but using the
[index] syntax is probably more natural for indexing arrays. hth