Issue in printing Char Array() which is converted from String

Question

Got stuck with this.. can you please explain what is happening in it? or give me any link!

String s1="C# Example";
Char[] s3 = s1.ToCharArray();

Console.WriteLine("S3 : {0}",s3);

I want to display the Character which is converted. Output displayed is System.Char[]. Now i need to do some changes, but what is that ?

It is possible in two ways.

1) I need to Change it to String, before i'm going to Print.

Or

2) I need to print it with Char by defining the index, (i.e) s3[0];

Am i correct. Anything More?

Answer 1

The explanation of what happens:

• Console.WriteLine("{0}", s3) calls s3.ToString().
  • Because WriteLine() calls ToString() on each argument
• Method ToString() isn't overridden in type System.Array so Object.ToString() is called.
  • Because Char[] is System.Array and all types inherit from Systen.Object.
• Which is equivalent to s3.GetType().ToString() and outputs System.Char[].
  • Because this is the default implementation. Subtypes can override it. For instance, System.String does, StringBuilder too.