Quick way to insert a List of strings into a string array definition

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I have these variables

string a;
string b;
List<string> StringList = new List<string>();
string c;

I would like to define a new string array like so

string[] StringArray = new string[] {a, b, StringList**.METHODHERE** , c} ;

Is there a neat way to convert the list to the array, flatten it, and add the items to the array? Right now I have something like

string[] ar = new string[] { };
ar[0] = a;
ar[1] = b;

for (int i = 0; i < RpsPdfFilenamesList.Count(); i++)
    {ar[i + 2] = RpsPdfFilenamesList.ElementAt(i);}

ar[2 + RpsPdfFilenamesList.Count()] = c;

But im sure theres a fairly basic method out there that im missing that will reduce this code.

Do you really need to use an array? The List class has a method for precisely this — James Thorpe
– James Thorpe, Commented Nov 20, 2014 at 12:44

Vsevolod Goloviznin · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-20 12:43:31Z

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You can insert your strings to List first and then make an array of it:

StringList.Insert(0, a);
StringList.Insert(1, b);
StringList.Add(c);
string[] StringArray = StringList.ToArray();

answered Nov 20, 2014 at 12:43

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Christoph Fink · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-20 16:59:52Z

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You can use Array.Copy:

Array.Copy(StringList.ToArray(), 0, StringArray, 2, StringList.Count);

edited Nov 20, 2014 at 16:59

answered Nov 20, 2014 at 12:43

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Mufasatheking Over a year ago

This is the kind of thing I was looking for but I cant change the length of an array after its been defined in c# and the length of the list is highly variable.

Corak Over a year ago

@Mufasatheking - You could define the array like new string[StringList.Count + fixNumberOfSingleStrings].

Tim Schmelter · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-20 12:49:38Z

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You could use List.CopyTo:

string a = "A"; string b = "B"; string c = "C";
var StringList = new List<string>() { "test1", "test2", "test3" };
string[] StringArray = new string[3 + StringList.Count];
StringArray[0] = a; StringArray[1] = b; StringArray[StringArray.Length - 1] = c;
StringList.CopyTo(StringArray, 2);

Result

A
B
test1
test2
test3
C

Here's a shorter but less efficient approach using LINQ:

StringArray = new[] { a, b }.Concat(StringList).Concat(new[] { c }).ToArray();

answered Nov 20, 2014 at 12:49

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