We have in PHP the jagged array declaration is like this:
<?php
$classmates = array ('Name' => array ('Bob', 'Jane', 'Jill'),
'Age' => array (18, 20, 23));
echo $classmates['Name'][1] . ' is ' . $classmates['Age'][1] . ' years old!';
?>
can we do same initialization of array in C#??
If yes than how? also tell me if it is possible to do with data type List?
Well, literally speaking, you could do something like this in C#:
var arr = new Array[] {
new[] {"Bob", "Jane", "Jill"},
new[] { 18,20,23 }};
I will say that it's probably not going to be a good idea. In C#, it's much better form to say something like this:
var arr = new[] {
new Person {Name = "Bob", Age = 18},
new Person {Name = "Jane", Age = 20},
new Person {Name = "Jill", Age = 23}};
or, if you're not into creating an actual Person class, you can use an anonymous class:
var arr = new[] {
new {Name = "Bob", Age = 18},
new {Name = "Jane", Age = 20},
new {Name = "Jill", Age = 23}};
What course you take depends on how you'll use the array, but suffice it to say that the first usage is not, for most use cases, considered to be a best practice.
