Define Array and Keys in a literal way - C#

Question

Trying to consolidate this...

string[] array = new string[];

array[0] = "Index 0";
array[3] = "Index 3";
array[4] = "index 4";

Into one line...

Example in PHP

$array = array( 0 => "Index 0", 3 => "Index 3", 4 => "Index 4" );

I know I can do this

string[] array = { "string1", "string2", "string3" }

But how would i get the proper indexes in there?

Answer 1

It sounds like you're really after a Dictionary<int, string> rather than a traditional C# array:

var dictionary = new Dictionary<int, string>
{
    { 0, "Index 0" },
    { 3, "Index 3" },
    { 4, "Index 4" }
};