C# - The Difference Between string[] and List
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In C# programming, there are two ways of storing a collection of strings: string[]
and List<string>
. both of them can be used to store a collection of strings, but they have some key differences that can affect how you use them.
string[]
is an array of strings. It has a fixed size, which means that the number of elements in the array is determined at the time the array is created, and cannot be changed afterwards. You can access individual elements of the array using an index, like myArray[0]
or myArray[3]
. Arrays can be useful when you know exactly how many elements you need to store, and you don’t need to add or remove elements dynamically.
List<string>
is a generic collection that can grow or shrink dynamically. It is based on the List<T>
class in C#, which provides methods for adding, removing, and manipulating elements in the list. You can access individual elements of the list using an index, like myList[0]
or myList[3]
. Lists can be useful when you need to store a variable number of elements, or when you need to add or remove elements from the collection dynamically.
Here is an example to demonstrate the difference:
string[] myArray = new string[3] { "KAK", "Labs", "Railsmine" };
List<string> myList = new List<string>() { "KAK", "Labs", "Railsmine" };
// Accessing elements
Console.WriteLine(myArray[0]); // Output: "KAK"
Console.WriteLine(myList[0]); // Output: "KAK"
// Adding elements
// myArray[3] = "example"; // This would throw an IndexOutOfRangeException, because the array size is fixed
myList.Add("example");
// Removing elements
// myArray[1] = null; // This would just set
// the element to null, leaving an empty spot in the array
myList.Remove("Labs");
In general, if you need to add or remove elements from a collection dynamically, or if you don’t know how many elements you will need to store, you should use List<string>
. If you know exactly how many elements you need to store and you don’t need to add or remove elements dynamically, you can use string[]
. Happy coding!
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