Resizing Array (a question about TextBox)

[Cristoff]

The RichText and the TextBox controls have the property Lines that of type string[]. Any idea how the controls handle the resizing of the Array? I want to know because I want to use an Array, which will hold properties for each Line of the TextBox control. Or do you have any suggestion what should I do best?

[lmoelleb]

I seriously doubt these controls store the array - the property most likely convert to and from the "native" format when you call the get or set method. So the solution is to use a collection: List

[J4amieC]

You could store each of your lines in an ArrayList, which autosizes for you when you Add or Remove. As long as you only put strings in there, you can use 1 simple line when you want to assign the lines: string [] lines = (string[])myArrayList.ToArray(typeof(string)); Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour

[Judah Gabriel Himango]

the TextBox controls create a new string[] everytime you request the Lines property. It is not stored; it's generated on-the-fly. As a side note (not that it will help you here) but one can resize an array using the Array.Resize static method.

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