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Jagged Array in C# With Simple Example

A jagged array in C# is an array of arrays that allows the elements to have different dimensions and sizes. It can be declared by specifying the type followed by double square brackets. Elements can be initialized individually or together using an initializer list. Individual elements are accessed using double indexing, specifying the outer array index followed by the inner array index. The example shows a jagged array of 3 string arrays of different lengths initialized with a list and outputs elements to demonstrate access.

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Jagged Array in C# With Simple Example

A jagged array in C# is an array of arrays that allows the elements to have different dimensions and sizes. It can be declared by specifying the type followed by double square brackets. Elements can be initialized individually or together using an initializer list. Individual elements are accessed using double indexing, specifying the outer array index followed by the inner array index. The example shows a jagged array of 3 string arrays of different lengths initialized with a list and outputs elements to demonstrate access.

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Jagged Array in C# with simple example

A. What is Jagged Array ?


Jagged array is known as Array of arrays. It means that, a Jagged Array contains different
arrays as its elements. Elements of jagged array can be
of different dimension and size.
B. Declaring a Jagged Array :
string[][] simpleJagged = new string[3][];

C. Initializing a Jagged Array :


a.

We can initialize the elements like this :


simpleJagged[0] = new string[3];
simpleJagged[1] = new string[4];
simpleJagged[2] = new string[5];

b.

To initialize elements with values, we can use initializers.


simpleJagged[0] = new string[] { "Red", "Green", "Blue" };
simpleJagged[1] = new string[] { "Pune", "Mumbai", "Hyd", "Banglore" };
simpleJagged[2] = new string[] { "Amol", "John", "Suraj", "Ram", "Steve" };

We dont need to provide array size while using initializers.


c.

We can also declare and initialize jagged array as follows :


string[][] simpleJagged =
{
new string[] { "Red", "Green", "Blue" },
new string[] { "Pune", "Mumbai", "Hyd", "Banglore" },
new string[] { "Amol", "John", "Suraj", "Ram", "Steve" }
};

This example shows that simpleJagged is an array of 3 arrays. simpleJagged[0] is an array of 3 strings,
simpleJagged[1] is an array of 4 strings, simpleJagged[2] is an array of 5 strings.
D. Accessing Individual Array Elements :
We can access individual elements as follows:
Console.WriteLine(simpleJagged[0][0]);
// It will print first element of first array i. e. "Red"
Console.WriteLine(simpleJagged[1][2]);

// It will print third element of second array i. e. "Hyd"


Console.WriteLine(simpleJagged[2][1]);
// It will print second element of third array i. e. "John"

E. Example of Jagged Array :


using
using
using
using

System;
System.Collections.Generic;
System.Linq;
System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[][] simpleJagged =
{
new string[] { "Red", "Green", "Blue" },
new string[] { "Pune", "Mumbai", "Hyd", "Banglore" },
new string[] { "Amol", "John", "Suraj", "Ram", "Steve" }
};
Console.Write("Colors : ");
for (int i = 0; i < simpleJagged[0].Length; i++)
Console.Write(simpleJagged[0][i] + "\t");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.Write("Cities : ");
for (int i = 0; i < simpleJagged[1].Length; i++)
Console.Write(simpleJagged[1][i] + "\t");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.Write("Names : ");
for (int i = 0; i < simpleJagged[2].Length; i++)
Console.Write(simpleJagged[2][i] + "\t");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

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