Dynamically create an array and set the elements
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19-04-2021 - |
Question
This can create an array dynamically:
Assembly asm = object.GetType().Assembly;
string sTypeName = "Company.Namespace.ClassName";
object arrayWithSize1 = Activator.CreateInstance( asm.GetType(sTypeName), 1 );
But how does set the first element of array which is created above?
Solution
You can use Array.SetValue
:
// How are you going to create this? Activator.CreateInstance?
object instance = ...
// Create one-dimensional array of length 1.
Array arrayWithSize1 = Array.CreateInstance(asm.GetType(sTypeName), 1);
// Set first (only) element of the array to the value of instance.
arrayWithSize1.SetValue(instance, 0);
OTHER TIPS
You can just use the dynamic
keyword to make the code more readable than reflection calls:
var arrayType = typeof(int);
dynamic array = Array.CreateInstance(arrayType, 1);
array[0] = 123;
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