.NET converting simple arrays to List Generics
- by Manish Sinha
This question might seem trivial and also stupid at the first glance, but it is much more than this.
I have an array of any type T (T[]) and I want to convert it into a List generic (List<T>). Is there any other way apart from creating a Generic list, traversing the whole array and adding the element in the List?
Present Situation:
string[] strList = {'foo','bar','meh'};
List<string> listOfStr = new List<string>();
foreach(string s in strList)
{
listOfStr.Add(s);
}
My ideal situation:
string[] strList = {'foo','bar','meh'};
List<string> listOfStr = strList.ToList<string>();
Or:
string[] strList = {'foo','bar','meh'};
List<string> listOfStr = new List<string>(strList);
I am suggesting the last 2 method names as I think compiler or CLR can perform some optimizations on the whole operations if It want inbuilt.
P.S.: I am not talking about the Array or ArrayList Type
