jagged array initialization

[Frank Buss]

I'm porting some JavaScript code to C# (and I'm new to C#). This is the
beginning of the JavaScript code:

var pos = [
[ [ 0, 0 ] ],
[ [ -10, 0 ], [ 10, 0 ] ],
[ [ -10, -7 ], [ 12, -7 ], [ 0, 7 ] ],
....

I managed to write it like this for C# :

int[][][] pos = new int[][][]{
new int[][] { new int[] { 0, 0 } },
new int[][] { new int[] { -10, 0 }, new int[] { 10, 0 } },
new int[][] { new int[] { -10, -7 }, new int[] { 12, -7 }, new int[] {
0, 7 } },
....

but this looks very ugly and unreadable. Is there a nicer way to write
it in C#, like in JavaScript?

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

int[][][] pos = new int[][][]{
new int[][] { new int[] { 0, 0 } },
new int[][] { new int[] { -10, 0 }, new int[] { 10, 0 } },
new int[][] { new int[] { -10, -7 }, new int[] { 12, -7 }, new int[] {
0, 7 } },

For a multi dimensional arrays you just use nested {} without any new.

Jagged arrays are more tricky. You can omit the new in the outermost and
you can omit the type in the innermost. The rest is needed.

int[][][] pos = { new int[][] { new [] { 0, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, 0 }, new [] {
10, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, -7 }, new []
{ 12, -7 }, new [] { 0, 7 } } };

Arne

 

[Frank Buss]

Am 24.12.2014 um 01:22 schrieb Arne Vajhøj:

Jagged arrays are more tricky. You can omit the new in the outermost and
you can omit the type in the innermost. The rest is needed.

int[][][] pos = { new int[][] { new [] { 0, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, 0 }, new [] {
10, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, -7 }, new [] {
12, -7 }, new [] { 0, 7 } } };

Still ugly. I found a trick on this webpage, mixing jagged and
multidimensional arrays:

http://www.csharphelp.com/2007/09/c...ed-arrays-foreach-loops-and-nested-for-loops/

Now it looks like this:

int[][,] allAtomPositions = new int[][,] {
new int[,] { { 0, 0 } },
new int[,] { { -10, 0 }, { 10, 0 } },
new int[,] { { -10, -7 }, { 12, -7 }, { 0, 7 } } };

It is not exactly the same and it needed minor changes of the following
code because of the different array index syntax for the inner arrays,
but it looks much nicer.

BTW: Why did the webpage need to write "new int[3][,]", but I can write
"new int[][,]"? I'm using Unity, I guess with Mono, don't know which C#
version.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

Am 24.12.2014 um 01:22 schrieb Arne Vajhøj:

Jagged arrays are more tricky. You can omit the new in the outermost and
you can omit the type in the innermost. The rest is needed.

int[][][] pos = { new int[][] { new [] { 0, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, 0 }, new [] {
10, 0 } },
new int[][] { new [] { -10, -7 }, new [] {
12, -7 }, new [] { 0, 7 } } };

Still ugly. I found a trick on this webpage, mixing jagged and
multidimensional arrays:

http://www.csharphelp.com/2007/09/c...ed-arrays-foreach-loops-and-nested-for-loops/

Now it looks like this:

int[][,] allAtomPositions = new int[][,] {
new int[,] { { 0, 0 } },
new int[,] { { -10, 0 }, { 10, 0 } },
new int[,] { { -10, -7 }, { 12, -7 }, { 0, 7 } } };

It is not exactly the same and it needed minor changes of the following
code because of the different array index syntax for the inner arrays,
but it looks much nicer.

BTW: Why did the webpage need to write "new int[3][,]", but I can write
"new int[][,]"? I'm using Unity, I guess with Mono, don't know which C#
version.

I think that feature has existed since C# 1.0.

Arne