How to convert object[] to List<string> in one line of C# 3.0?

Question

ok I give up, how do you do this in one line?

public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
    //List<string> fields = values.ToList<string>();
    //List<string> fields = values as List<string>;
    //List<string> fields = (List<string>)values;

    List<string> fields = new List<string>();
    foreach (object value in values)
    {
        fields.Add(value.ToString());
    }

    //process the fields here knowning they are strings
    ...
}

Answer 1

Are you using C# 3.0 with LINQ? It's pretty easy then:

List<string> fields = values.Select(i => i.ToString()).ToList();

Answer 2

If you have LINQ available (in .NET 3.5) and C# 3.0 (for extension methods), then there is quite a nice one liner:

var list = values.Cast<string>().ToList();

You're not going get anything much shorter that what you've posted for .NET 2.0/C# 2.0.

Caveat: I just realised that your object[] isn't necessarily of type string. If that is in fact the case, go with Matt Hamilton's method, which does the job well. If the element of your array are in fact of type string, then my method will of course work.