disposing of string array

[Aaron Irizarry]

How can I dispose of a string array?
I create it with:
lines = new string[3]; //the declaration's somewhere else

but now I'd like to dispose of its contents so I can create it again with a
new size.

Thanks.

 

[Philip Rieck]

Removing your reference to it will make it eligible for GC. Simply

lines = null;
lines = new string[5];
or letting lines fall out of scope

Any of the above will remove that reference to the string array. The second
one will create a new array with a new size.

 

[Eric Gunnerson [MS]]

Just assigning the new array to the variable is fine.

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