C# Array Clear

Description

Array Clear sets a range of elements in the Array to zero, to false, or to null, depending on the element type.

Syntax

Array.Clear has the following syntax.

public static void Clear(
  Array array,/*from  ww  w .  j  a va  2 s.co  m*/
  int index,
  int length
)

Parameters

Array.Clear has the following parameters.

• array - The Array whose elements need to be cleared.
• index - The starting index of the range of elements to clear.
• length - The number of elements to clear.

Returns

Array.Clear method returns

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the Clear method with multi-dimensional arrays.

// w w  w  .ja va 2s  .c  o m
using System;

class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        int[] numbers1 = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };

        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
        {
            Console.Write("{0} ", numbers1[i]);
        }

        Array.Clear(numbers1, 2, 5);

        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
        {
            Console.Write("{0} ", numbers1[i]);
        }

    }
}

The code above generates the following result.