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Resize Mulit-dimensional array

Bevan Shervey

Is this possible?
public string[,] MyArray = new string[99,999];
the above works but is either too large or not big enough.
public string[,] MainKeys = new string[,];
generates error "Array creation must have array size or array initializer"

Array.Resize(ref MyArray,100,1000);
generates error "'System.Array' does not contain a definition for 'Resize'".

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Alan19y ago
I thought I'd just confirm that you can't resize any kind of array in C#. Once they're created they always remain the same size.

As well as the Hashtable, you could also simulate a dynamic multidimensional string array with an ArrayList of ArrayLists of strings or, if you have C# 2.0, with a generic List of List.
Bevan Shervey19y ago
I get what I need using Hashtable.