Jagged Array Demo
/* Learning C# by Jesse Liberty Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596003765 */ using System; namespace JaggedArray { public class TesterJaggedArray { [STAThread] static void Main() { const int rows = 4; const int rowZero = 5; // num elements const int rowOne = 2; const int rowTwo = 3; const int rowThree = 5; // declare the jagged array as 4 rows high int[][] jaggedArray = new int[rows][]; // declare the rows of various lengths jaggedArray[0] = new int[rowZero]; jaggedArray[1] = new int[rowOne]; jaggedArray[2] = new int[rowTwo]; jaggedArray[3] = new int[rowThree]; // Fill some (but not all) elements of the rows jaggedArray[0][3] = 15; jaggedArray[1][1] = 12; jaggedArray[2][1] = 9; jaggedArray[2][2] = 99; jaggedArray[3][0] = 10; jaggedArray[3][1] = 11; jaggedArray[3][2] = 12; jaggedArray[3][3] = 13; jaggedArray[3][4] = 14; for (int i = 0;i < rowZero; i++) { Console.WriteLine("jaggedArray[0][{0}] = {1}", i,jaggedArray[0][i]); } for (int i = 0;i < rowOne; i++) { Console.WriteLine("jaggedArray[1][{0}] = {1}", i,jaggedArray[1][i]); } for (int i = 0;i < rowTwo; i++) { Console.WriteLine("jaggedArray[2][{0}] = {1}", i,jaggedArray[2][i]); } for (int i = 0;i < rowThree; i++) { Console.WriteLine("jaggedArray[3][{0}] = {1}", i,jaggedArray[3][i]); } } } }