Pre-Existing Collections
For the greatest amount of flexibility, the System.Collections namespace contains several collection classes that can be instantiated and used immediately. These pre-existing classes are designed for a wide variety of computing tasks requiring data structures.
The ArrayList Collection
Normal arrays have a fixed size, and once they fill up, you're either stuck or have to craft a work around. The ArrayList collection addresses this very problem through its ability to dynamically resize itself on-the-fly. Listing 26.1 shows how to use the ArrayList collection.
Listing 26.1. ArrayList Collection Example
using System; using System.Collections; /// <summary> /// ArrayList example. /// </summary> class ArrayListExample { static ... |
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