initialize a two-dimensional rectangular array, and use the array properties and methods : Array Dimension : Collections Data Structure C# Source Code

    

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

/*
  Example10_7.cs illustrates how to initialize
  a two-dimensional rectangular array, and use the
  array properties and methods
*/

using System;

public class Example10_7
{

  public static void Main()
  {

    // create and initialize the names array
    string[,] names =
    {
      {"Jason", "Marcus", "Price"},
      {"Steve", "Edward", "Smith"},
      {"Cynthia", "Ann", "Williams"},
      {"Gail", "Patricia", "Jones"},
    };

    // display the Rank and Length properties of the names array
    Console.WriteLine("names.Rank (number of dimensions) = " + names.Rank);
    Console.WriteLine("names.Length (number of elements) = " + names.Length);

    // use the GetLength() method to get number of elements
    // in each dimension of the names array
    int numberOfRows = names.GetLength(0);
    int numberOfColumns = names.GetLength(1);
    Console.WriteLine("Number of rows = " + numberOfRows);
    Console.WriteLine("Number of columns = " + numberOfColumns);

    // display the elements of the names array
    for (int row = 0; row < numberOfRows; row++)
    {
      for (int column = 0; column < numberOfColumns; column++)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("names[" + row + ", " + column + "] = " +
          names[row, column]);
      }
    }

  }

}