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Array Size (Length) in C#

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How do you find the size of an array in C?

To determine the size of your array in bytes, you can use the sizeof operator: int a[17]; size_t n = sizeof(a); On my computer, ints are 4 bytes long, so n is 68. To determine the number of elements in the array, we can divide the total size of the array by the size of the array element.

What is the length size of array?

Summary. The length property of an array is an unsigned, 32-bit integer that is always numerically greater than the highest index of the array. The length returns the number of elements that a dense array has.

How do I get the size of an array?

We can find the size of an array using the sizeof() operator as shown: // Finds size of arr[] and stores in 'size' int size = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);

What is the difference between length () and size () of array?

What is the difference between the size of ArrayList and length of Array in Java? ArrayList doesn't have length() method, the size() method of ArrayList provides the number of objects available in the collection. Array has length property which provides the length or capacity of the Array.


If it's a one-dimensional array a,

a.Length

will give the number of elements of a.

If b is a rectangular multi-dimensional array (for example, int[,] b = new int[3, 5];)

b.Rank

will give the number of dimensions (2) and

b.GetLength(dimensionIndex)

will get the length of any given dimension (0-based indexing for the dimensions - so b.GetLength(0) is 3 and b.GetLength(1) is 5).

See System.Array documentation for more info.

As @Lucero points out in the comments, there is a concept of a "jagged array", which is really nothing more than a single-dimensional array of (typically single-dimensional) arrays.

For example, one could have the following:

int[][] c = new int[3][];
c[0] = new int[] {1, 2, 3};
c[1] = new int[] {3, 14};
c[2] = new int[] {1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13};

Note that the 3 members of c all have different lengths. In this case, as before c.Length will indicate the number of elements of c, (3) and c[0].Length, c[1].Length, and c[2].Length will be 3, 2, and 7, respectively.


You can look at the documentation for Array to find out the answer to this question.

In this particular case you probably need Length:

int sizeOfArray = array.Length;

But since this is such a basic question and you no doubt have many more like this, rather than just telling you the answer I'd rather tell you how to find the answer yourself.

Visual Studio Intellisense

When you type the name of a variable and press the . key it shows you a list of all the methods, properties, events, etc. available on that object. When you highlight a member it gives you a brief description of what it does.

Press F1

If you find a method or property that might do what you want but you're not sure, you can move the cursor over it and press F1 to get help. Here you get a much more detailed description plus links to related information.

Search

The search terms size of array in C# gives many links that tells you the answer to your question and much more. One of the most important skills a programmer must learn is how to find information. It is often faster to find the answer yourself, especially if the same question has been asked before.

Use a tutorial

If you are just beginning to learn C# you will find it easier to follow a tutorial. I can recommend the C# tutorials on MSDN. If you want a book, I'd recommend Essential C#.

Stack Overflow

If you're not able to find the answer on your own, please feel free to post the question on Stack Overflow. But we appreciate it if you show that you have taken the effort to find the answer yourself first.


for 1 dimensional array

int[] listItems = new int[] {2,4,8};
int length = listItems.Length;

for multidimensional array

int length = listItems.Rank;

To get the size of 1 dimension

int length =  listItems.GetLength(0);

yourArray.Length :)


With the Length property.

int[] foo = new int[10];
int n = foo.Length; // n == 10