I've met a serious problem that I wanted to pass a variable number of parameters to a method, and I used to use the List<T> to implement it. However, I found it so complex.
I've searched about it and found the way to solve it.
public class MyClass { public static void UseParams(params int[] list) { for (int i = 0; i < list.Length; i++) { Console.Write(list[i] + " "); } Console.WriteLine(); } public static void UseParams2(params object[] list) { for (int i = 0; i < list.Length; i++) { Console.Write(list[i] + " "); } Console.WriteLine(); } static void Main() { // You can send a comma-separated list of arguments of the // specified type. UseParams(1, 2, 3, 4); UseParams2(1, 'a', "test"); // A params parameter accepts zero or more arguments. // The following calling statement displays only a blank line. UseParams2(); // An array argument can be passed, as long as the array // type matches the parameter type of the method being called. int[] myIntArray = { 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }; UseParams(myIntArray); object[] myObjArray = { 2, 'b', "test", "again" }; UseParams2(myObjArray); // The following call causes a compiler error because the object // array cannot be converted into an integer array. //UseParams(myObjArray); // The following call does not cause an error, but the entire // integer array becomes the first element of the params array. UseParams2(myIntArray); } } /* Output: 1 2 3 4 1 a test 5 6 7 8 9 2 b test again System.Int32[] */
The code is from the offical developer network of the microsoft.