That's a good solution, Del, but in the given scenario it is much more straightforward to use arrays. Iterating through an Array of Person objects would be faster than an Generic List.
On Feb 12, 3:42 am, "Del N. Quent" <[email protected]> wrote: > If it was me, I'd use generics ... > > List<Person> myPeople = new List<Person>(); > > myPeople.Add(new Person("George", "Washington"); > > Moreover, if you're looking to load up several names, you could ... > > public class Persons { > List<Person> mPerson = new List<Person>(); > > public Persons(params string[] Name) { > for (int n = 0; n < (Name.Length - 2); n += 3) { > mPerson.Add(new Person(Name[n], Name[n + 1], Name[n + > 2])); > } > } > > public Person this[int Index] { get { return mPerson > [Index]; } } > public int Count { get { return mPerson.Count; } } > } > > ... > > Persons mPersons = new Persons("Fred", "", "Flintstone", "Barney", "", > "Rubble"); > > Obviously allowing for middle names. > > Accessing the array would then be something like ... > > for (int n = 0; n < mPersons.Count; n++) { > ListViewItem Item = lv.Items.Add(""); > Item.SubItems.Add(mPersons[n].First); > Item.SubItems.Add(mPersons[n].Middle); > Item.SubItems.Add(mPersons[n].Last); > } > > On Feb 11, 1:59 pm, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Let's say I have an class called Person which takes two parameters: > > firstName and lastName. > > > I can instantiate the object like so (c#) > > > Person myPerson = new Person ("George","Washington"); > > > Now let's say I want to populate an array of objects based on the > > Person class. How do I do this? > > > Person[] myPeople = new Person[5]; // I have declared an array of > > objects. > > myPeople[0].firstName = "George"; > > myPeople[0].lastName = "Washington"; > > > OK, I populated the first occurance of the array of objects, but how > > can I do it on one line like I did when it was not an array? > > > Thanks in advance for your help.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
