Remove element of a regular array

Question

I have an array of Foo objects. How do I remove the second element of the array?

I need something similar to RemoveAt() but for a regular array.

Answer 1

As usual, I'm late to the party...

I'd like to add another option to the nice solutions list already present. =)
I would see this as a good opportunity for Extensions.

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb311042.aspx

So, we define some static class and in it, our Method.
After that, we can use our extended method willy-nilly. =)

using System;

namespace FunctionTesting {

    // The class doesn't matter, as long as it's static
    public static class SomeRandomClassWhoseNameDoesntMatter {

        // Here's the actual method that extends arrays
        public static T[] RemoveAt<T>( this T[] oArray, int idx ) {
            T[] nArray = new T[oArray.Length - 1];
            for( int i = 0; i < nArray.Length; ++i ) {
                nArray[i] = ( i < idx ) ? oArray[i] : oArray[i + 1];
            }
            return nArray;
        }
    }

    // Sample usage...
    class Program {
        static void Main( string[] args ) {
            string[] myStrArray = { "Zero", "One", "Two", "Three" };
            Console.WriteLine( String.Join( " ", myStrArray ) );
            myStrArray = myStrArray.RemoveAt( 2 );
            Console.WriteLine( String.Join( " ", myStrArray ) );
            /* Output
             * "Zero One Two Three"
             * "Zero One Three"
             */

            int[] myIntArray = { 0, 1, 2, 3 };
            Console.WriteLine( String.Join( " ", myIntArray ) );
            myIntArray = myIntArray.RemoveAt( 2 );
            Console.WriteLine( String.Join( " ", myIntArray ) );
            /* Output
             * "0 1 2 3"
             * "0 1 3"
             */
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

In a normal array you have to shuffle down all the array entries above 2 and then resize it using the Resize method. You might be better off using an ArrayList.

Answer 3

First step
You need to convert the array into a list, you could write an extension method like this

// Convert An array of string  to a list of string
public static List<string> ConnvertArrayToList(this string [] array) {

    // DECLARE a list of string and add all element of the array into it

    List<string> myList = new List<string>();
    foreach( string s in array){
        myList.Add(s);
    }
    return myList;
} 

Second step
Write an extension method to convert back the list into an array

// convert a list of string to an array 
public static string[] ConvertListToArray(this List<string> list) {

    string[] array = new string[list.Capacity];
    array = list.Select(i => i.ToString()).ToArray();
    return array;
}

Last steps
Write your final method, but remember to remove the element at index before converting back to an array like the code show

public static string[] removeAt(string[] array, int index) {

    List<string> myList = array.ConnvertArrayToList();
    myList.RemoveAt(index);
    return myList.ConvertListToArray();
} 

examples codes could be find on my blog, keep tracking.