C# Array CreateInstance(Type, Int32[], Int32[]) Array

Description

Array CreateInstance(Type, Int32[], Int32[]) creates a multidimensional Array of the specified Type and dimension lengths, with the specified lower bounds.

Syntax

Array.CreateInstance(Type, Int32[], Int32[]) has the following syntax.

public static Array CreateInstance(
  Type elementType,//from   ww w. j  ava2s.  c  o  m
  int[] lengths,
  int[] lowerBounds
)

Parameters

Array.CreateInstance(Type, Int32[], Int32[]) has the following parameters.

• elementType - The Type of the Array to create.
• lengths - A one-dimensional array that contains the size of each dimension of the Array to create.
• lowerBounds - A one-dimensional array that contains the lower bound (starting index) of each dimension of the Array to create.

Returns

Array.CreateInstance(Type, Int32[], Int32[]) method returns A new multidimensional Array of the specified Type with the specified length and lower bound for each dimension.

Example

The following code example shows how to create and initialize a multidimensional Array with specified lower bounds.

using System;/*from   w  w  w.  j av a  2 s  . c  o  m*/
public class SamplesArray  {

   public static void Main()  {

      int[] myLengthsArray = new int[2] { 3, 5 };
      int[] myBoundsArray = new int[2] { 2, 3 };
      Array myArray=Array.CreateInstance( typeof(String), myLengthsArray, myBoundsArray );
      for ( int i = myArray.GetLowerBound(0); i <= myArray.GetUpperBound(0); i++ )
         for ( int j = myArray.GetLowerBound(1); j <= myArray.GetUpperBound(1); j++ )  {
            int[] myIndicesArray = new int[2] { i, j };
            myArray.SetValue( 2, myIndicesArray );
         }

      for ( int i = 0; i < myArray.Rank; i++ )
         Console.WriteLine( "{0}:\t{1}\t{2}", i, myArray.GetLowerBound(i), myArray.GetUpperBound(i) );

   }
}

The code above generates the following result.