How to change this to 1D array?

Question

any kind soul can help me to convert this to 1D array please?? I'm new to programming and I have no idea on how to change this to 1D...

  int[][] a = new int[][]   {new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},                            
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                   new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}};

        int[][] b = new int[][]{ new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
                                 new int[] { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}};

        int x = 0;
        int y = 0;

Answer 1

Hi,

i can't understand wht you mean with "conver to 1d array". First i'll try to explain you what this code means.

int[] <- this is an array of ints

int[,] <- multi-dimentional array

int[][] <- this is an array of ints containing another array of ints, so if you trying to access this you can access this in the following way

int[][] i = new int[][]{};

int[] j = i[0]; //this returns an array inside i array.

hope i explained well with my poor english.

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Bilhan silva

Answer 2

If you want to represent a as array, then try this:

    int [] a1D = a.SelectMany( row => row ).ToArray();

Answer 3

The same question has been answered here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/1be9c382-f0fa-46fa-b1c9-9d12374d1c15

Answer 4

You can loop through length of array and declare it to multiple single dimensional array.

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