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Get the length of a slice from a multi-dimensional array

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If I have a one-dimensional array, I can get the length of it quite easily: var x = moves.Length().

However, if the array is multi-dimensional, .Length() returns the total number of elements. If moves is defined as int[4,2], the moves.Length() returns 8.

Is there a way that I can specify either the X or Y and get the number of elements for that slice?

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Array.GetUpperBound (3 comments)

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You can use Array.GetUpperBound method

Gets the index of the last element of the specified dimension in the array.

and Array.GetLowerBound one accordingly.

var arr = new int[,]{
    { 1, 2 },
    { 23, 42 }
};

for (int i = arr.GetLowerBound(0); i <= arr.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
{
    for (int j = arr.GetLowerBound(0); j <= arr.GetUpperBound(1); j++)
    {
        Console.Write($"{arr[i, j],3} ");
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}

The key difference between this method and Array.GetLength one is that GetUpperBound can be used in case when bounds of an array are arbitrary:

var arrWithNonStandardBounds =
    Array.CreateInstance(
        typeof(ValueTuple<int, int>),
        new[] { 2, 2, },
        new int[] { -1, -1 }
    );

var n = arrWithNonStandardBounds.GetUpperBound(0);
var m = arrWithNonStandardBounds.GetUpperBound(1);

for (int i = arrWithNonStandardBounds.GetLowerBound(0); i <= n; i++)
{
    for (int j = arrWithNonStandardBounds.GetLowerBound(1); j <= m; j++)
    {
        arrWithNonStandardBounds.SetValue((i, j), i, j);
        Console.Write($"{arrWithNonStandardBounds.GetValue(i, j),5} ");
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}

It's a rare case especially lately though.

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I think what you are looking for is Array.GetLength which:

gets a 32-bit integer that represents the number of elements in the specified dimension of the Array.

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