Arrays - Illustrated C# 2005 - page 327

Useful Inherited Array Members
I mentioned earlier that C# arrays are derived from class System.Array . From that base class,
they inherit a number of useful properties and methods. Some of the most useful ones are
listed in Table 14-1.

Table 14-1. Some Useful Members Inherited by Arrays

Member Type Lifetime Meaning

Rank

Property Instance Gets the number of dimensions of the array

Length

Property Instance Gets the total number of elements in all the dimensions

of the array

GetLength

Method Instance Returns the length of a particular dimension of the array

Clear Sets a range of elements to 0 or null Method Static

Sort

Method Static Sorts the elements in a one-dimensional array

BinarySearch Method Static Searches a one-dimensional array for a value, using

binary search

Clone Method Instance Performs a shallow copy of the array—copying only

the elements, both for arrays of value types and refer-
ence types

IndexOf

Method Static Returns the index of the first occurrence of a value in a

one-dimensional array

Reverse

Method Static Reverses the order of the elements of a range of a one-

dimensional array

GetUpperBound

Method Instance Gets the upper bound at the specified dimension