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.NET Framework  Namespace References  System     Array   Class    Boolean   Structure    Buffer   Class    Byte   Structure    Char   Structure    Console   Class    Convert   Class    DateTime   Structure    DayOfWeek   Enumeration    Decimal   Structure    Double   Structure    Enum   Class    Environment   Class    Exception   Class    ICloneable   Interface    Int16   Structure    Int32   Structure    Int64   Structure    Math   Class    Object   Class    OperatingSystem   Class    Random   Class    SByte   Structure    Single   Structure    String   Class    TimeSpan   Structure    UInt16   Structure    UInt32   Structure    UInt64   Structure    Version   Class   System.Collections  System.Globalization  System.IO  Articles and Tutorials  Overview of .NET  Delphi and .NET  Winform Applications  ASP .Net Applications  php Web Services  Framework Collections  Framework String Handling  Framework Files and Folders       System.Array Class    Description The Array class provides basic array support. This is in addition to the pre-existing Delphi primitive array type support. For more powerful array handling, see System.Collections.ArrayList, which allows elements to be inserted and deleted.   An array is a set of elements. A single dimension array is like a list. A 2 dimensional array is like a list of lists. And so on.   Each element in an array can be accessed by its relative position, called Index.   Do not get confused with the native Delphi Array type. The latter is retained, allowing for primitive static (size fixed in the declaration) and dynamic arrays. On this site, .Net arrays will be identified as System.Array types.   Note that one of the CreateInstance methods uses a native array primitives to hold the sizes of each dimension of the array.   Unlike native Delphi arrays, multidimensional .Net arrays are self contained - a native multidimensional array is literally an array of arrays - each base array element contains an independant array that is simply referenced by that element.   There is no Create constructor for Array. Instead, you must use the CreateInstance method at run time to create the array. This route was chosen so as to support dynamic array sizes. (There is no SetLength method for setting the array size after creation, and the Length property is read-only).  Methods BinarySearch   Searches a one-dimensional sorted Array for a specific element Clear   Sets a range of elements in an Array to zero, false, or null as appropriate Clone   Creates a shallow clone (copy) of the current array to a new array Copy   Copies a sequence of elements from one array to another CopyTo   Copies the current single dimension array values into another array CreateInstance   Creates a single or multi dimensional array GetEnumerator   Gets an enumerator to allow reading the elements of the current array GetLength   Gets the length of a dimension of the current array GetLowerBound   Gets the lower bound of a specified array dimension GetUpperBound   Gets the upper bound of a specified array dimension GetValue   Gets the value from an element of the current array IndexOf   Tries to find the first occurence of an object in a single dimensional arra LastIndexOf   Tries to find the last occurence of an object in a single dimensional array Reverse   Reverses the sequence of elements in a single dimension array SetValue   Sets the value in an element of the current array Sort   Sorts an array or part of an array into value sequence  Properties IsFixedSize    Boolean    Gets a value indicating whether the Array has a fixed size. IsReadOnly    Boolean    Gets a value indicating whether the Array is read-only. IsSynchronized    Boolean    Gets a value indicating whether access to the Array is synchronized (thread-safe). Length    Integer    Gets a 32-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array. LongLength    Int64    Gets a 64-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array. (Not Compact Framework compatible) Rank    Integer    Gets the rank (number of dimensions) of the Array. SyncRoot    Object    Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the Array.  Delphi Basics links   System.Collections.ArrayList System.Array  Microsoft MSDN links   System System.array

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