Is there a shorter way of creating a string array in vb.net

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Currently I am using this to create a string array

New String() {" ", ".", ";"}

Is there another way that does not require so many characters, say without the New String() part perhaps?

stackoverflow.com/questions/9835959/… make a string and explode it in to an array. — Toni
– Toni, Commented Nov 18, 2012 at 22:06

Christian Hayter · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-18 22:23:34Z

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The compiler can usually infer the type of the array from its elements, e.g.

Dim stringArray = {" ", ".", ";"}

Note - this doesn't work when the array is empty, because there are no elements to examine.

Dim stringArray = New String() {} ' specify the source type, infer the destination type
Dim stringArray As String() = {}  ' specify the destination type, infer the source type

edited Nov 18, 2012 at 22:23

answered Nov 18, 2012 at 22:08

Christian Hayter

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masteroleary Over a year ago

I had been passing in character arrays as an argument to a filter function like Filter(SomeString, New String(){".", ","}) Wish I would have just tried Filter(SomeString, {".", ","})

jmoreno Over a year ago

If you want an empty array Dim stringArray As New String() would be shorter without Infer being on.

Joel Coehoorn · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-18 22:26:20Z

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Dim stringArray = " . ".Cast(Of String)().ToArray()

answered Nov 18, 2012 at 22:26

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igrimpe Over a year ago

Cool ... throws an exception (invalid cast from char to string) here (VB2012)

igrimpe Over a year ago

Dim s = "ABC".Select(Function(c) c.ToString).ToArray. This one works, but you only save characters (in source) for longer arrays of course.

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