Jagged Arrays In C#

Jagged Arrays in C#

In this post, we will learn about Jagged Arrays in C# with an example.

Description

A Jagged array is an array of arrays. Jagged Array is also called “array of arrays” because its elements are arrays. The element size of a jagged array can be different. 

Types of Arrays in C#

Arrays can be divided into the following three categories.

Declaration of Jagged Array

Declare jagged array that has two elements.

  1. int[][] _RollNumber = new int[2][];
Initialization of Jagged Array

Write the below lines to initialize a Jagged Array. The size of the elements can be different.

  1. _RollNumber[0] = new int[2];    
  2. _RollNumberr[1] = new int[3]; 
Now, create a Console Application in Visual Studio and write the below lines of code in it.
  1. using System;    
  2. using System.Collections;    
  3. using System.Collections.Generic;    
  4. namespace ConsoleDemo    
  5. {    
  6.     class Program    
  7.     {    
  8.         static void Main(string[] args)    
  9.         {    
  10.             // Jagged Array Example    
  11.             int[][] _JaggedArrayExample = new int[2][];// Declare jagged array      
  12.             _JaggedArrayExample[0] = new int[] { 11, 21, 31, 41 };// Initialize the array with value           
  13.             _JaggedArrayExample[1] = new int[] { 42, 52, 62, 72, 83, 93 };    
  14.             // Raed and print array elements      
  15.             for (int i = 0; i < __JaggedArrayExample.Length; i++)    
  16.             {    
  17.                 for (int j = 0; j < __JaggedArrayExample[i].Length; j++)    
  18.                 {    
  19.                     System.Console.Write(__JaggedArrayExample[i][j] + " ");    
  20.                 }    
  21.                 System.Console.WriteLine();    
  22.             }    
  23.             Console.ReadKey();    
  24.         }    
  25.     }        
  26. }    
Output

11 21 31 41
42 52 62 72 83 93

Summary

I hope you understood Jagged Arrays in C#. Your valuable questions, feedback, or comments about this article are always welcome.