initialize a two-dimensional rectangular array, and use the array properties and methods
/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
Example10_7.cs illustrates how to initialize
a two-dimensional rectangular array, and use the
array properties and methods
*/
using System;
public class Example10_7
{
public static void Main()
{
// create and initialize the names array
string[,] names =
{
{"Jason", "Marcus", "Price"},
{"Steve", "Edward", "Smith"},
{"Cynthia", "Ann", "Williams"},
{"Gail", "Patricia", "Jones"},
};
// display the Rank and Length properties of the names array
Console.WriteLine("names.Rank (number of dimensions) = " + names.Rank);
Console.WriteLine("names.Length (number of elements) = " + names.Length);
// use the GetLength() method to get number of elements
// in each dimension of the names array
int numberOfRows = names.GetLength(0);
int numberOfColumns = names.GetLength(1);
Console.WriteLine("Number of rows = " + numberOfRows);
Console.WriteLine("Number of columns = " + numberOfColumns);
// display the elements of the names array
for (int row = 0; row < numberOfRows; row++)
{
for (int column = 0; column < numberOfColumns; column++)
{
Console.WriteLine("names[" + row + ", " + column + "] = " +
names[row, column]);
}
}
}
}
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