Simple generic collection to add elements

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What collection should I use from C# that suports generic only for adding elements ? I tried using ArrayList, but I see that it's a non-generic type.

Sorry if this is a duplicate. Thanks.

What use is a collection which is only "for adding elements"? What do you intend to do with this collection? — spender, Sep 09 '11 at 12:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:04

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System.Collections.Generic.List<T>

answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:04

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-09T12:07:16.790

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Basic generic collection is List<T>. It is in System.Collections.Generic namespace.

You can use it for example this way:

List<string> listOfStrings = new List<string>() { "This", "is", "list", "of", "strings" }

Here is all the generic collections in C#

edited Sep 09 '11 at 12:07

answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:05

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 09 '11 at 12:06

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List<T>, IEnumerable<T>, ..

Are these the kind of things you're looking for? I don't really understand the question.

Hope this helps

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answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:04

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IEnumerable isn't really a collection but a description of operations that can be performed on a collection. – spender Sep 09 '11 at 12:06
no this helps not - don't answer if you don't understand - sorry – Random Dev Sep 09 '11 at 12:06

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:10

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You're probably after List. If you want a collection of unique elements, consider HashSet instead.

answered Sep 09 '11 at 12:10

Henry C

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Simple generic collection to add elements

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