illustrates the use of an array of objects
/* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110 */ /* Example10_10.cs illustrates the use of an array of objects */ using System; // declare the Star class class Star { // declare two fields public string name; public int brightness; // declare a constructor public Star( string name, int brightness ) { this.name = name; this.brightness = brightness; } } public class Example10_10 { public static void Main() { // create the galaxy array of Star objects Star[,,] galaxy = new Star[10, 5, 3]; // create two Star objects in the galaxy array galaxy[1, 3, 2] = new Star("Sun", 3); galaxy[4, 1, 2] = new Star("Alpha Centuri", 9); // display the Rank and Length properties of the galaxy array Console.WriteLine("galaxy.Rank (number of dimensions) = " + galaxy.Rank); Console.WriteLine("galaxy.Length (number of elements) = " + galaxy.Length); // display the galaxy array elements for (int x = 0; x < galaxy.GetLength(0); x++) { for (int y = 0; y < galaxy.GetLength(1); y++) { for (int z = 0; z < galaxy.GetLength(2); z++) { if (galaxy[x, y, z] != null) { Console.WriteLine("galaxy[" + x + ", " + y + ", " + z +"].name = " + galaxy[x, y, z].name); Console.WriteLine("galaxy[" + x + ", " + y + ", " + z +"].brightness = " + galaxy[x, y, z].brightness); } } } } } }