C# Using array.Where in Arraylist

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I have sets of codes in C# with array and I need to split the array into smaller size array. I have no errors when declaring the array with :

List<int> array = new List<int>();

However, the code execution prompts out error at the array.Where when I declare as :

var array = new ArrayList();

Is there any way I can use array.Where in array list? Below is my code :

List<int> array = new List<int>();

for (int i = 0; i <=20; i++){
  if (unitIsPresent) 
  {
    array.add(1);
  } 
  else
  {
    array.add(0)
  }
}

devidedArray = array.Where((e, i) => i >= 5 && i < 10).ToArray();
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3 Answers

Array List is a non generic collection type so it's good to store items in array where you don't consider the items types. So for this reason you can't use Linq methods that are used for generics collections like Where. My recommendation is use a List and convert it to Array with the Linq method provided.this way is very fast.

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If you really want to use an ArrayList (really? why?), you can use OfType<int>() to change the IEnumerable to an IEnumerable<int>.

var devidedArray = array.OfType<int>().Where((e, i) => i >= 5 && i < 10).ToArray();

Alternatively you could use Cast<int>():

var devidedArray = array.Cast<int>().Where((e, i) => i >= 5 && i < 10).ToArray();

The difference between the two is that OfType() will silently ignore objects that cannot be cast to int while Cast() will fail with an InvalidCastException.

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