{"id":16038,"date":"2024-03-15T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-arraylist-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:40:18","slug":"what-is-the-usage-of-arraylist-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-arraylist-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the usage of ArrayList in C#?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In C#, an ArrayList is a dynamic array that can store objects of different types and can adjust its size dynamically. ArrayList provides many methods to operate and access elements in the array.<\/p>\n

Here are some common methods and uses of ArrayList:<\/p>\n

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  1. Instantiate an ArrayList object.<\/li>\n
  2. Create a new ArrayList called ‘list’.<\/li>\n
  3. Add elements:<\/li>\n
  4. list.Add(1); \/\/ Add an integer
    \nlist.Add(“Hello”); \/\/ Add a string
    \nlist.Add(true); \/\/ Add a boolean<\/li>\n
  5. Access Elements<\/li>\n
  6. Retrieve the element at index 0 from the list.<\/li>\n
  7. Remove items:<\/li>\n
  8. list.Remove(1); \/\/ Remove specified element
    \nlist.RemoveAt(0); \/\/ Remove element at specified index<\/li>\n
  9. Fetch the number of elements:<\/li>\n
  10. Assign the total number of elements in the list to the variable “count”.<\/li>\n
  11. Check if the element exists.<\/li>\n
  12. Check whether the element exists in the list.<\/li>\n
  13. Clear the ArrayList.<\/li>\n
  14. Clear the list.<\/li>\n
  15. Iterate through an ArrayList.<\/li>\n
  16. For each element in the list, print it to the console.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is important to note that due to ArrayList being able to store objects of different types, type casting is required when using it. In addition, C# also provides a more type-safe generic collection class List, which is recommended to be used instead of ArrayList in new code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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