C# What integer value of array.length

Question

Say I have an array with size 20. Is that array's .length property equivalent to 20? Also is there a way in my code to convert array.length to an integer?

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct. According to the MSDN docs, an array's .Length property returns the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the array and zero if there are no elements in the array.

The .Length property is an integer, so there's no need for any conversion. Though there's really no need to assign it because it is a constant-time operation, you could assign it like this:

int arrayLength = array.Length;

Array.Length on MSDN