array = new ArrayList() but in C#

[SirGive]

Ok, its me again. I don't use arrays to often, so I've got another question about them. I'm still converting M2H's chat from UnityScript to C#, but I've run into this issue where he clears the array's data with this line:

//UnityScript
chatEntries = new ArrayList();

I've tried:

chatEntries = new ChatEntries[] chatEntries;

But that will not work. I'm sure its amazingly simple, but what am I doing wrong?

Edit: ArrayList() does indeed exist in C#, I apologize for that statement. ;) I'm currently looking into lists in order to clean the array of the previous values? I'm not sure. I don't know too much about arrays or lists >_<.

Edit again: My initial array problem was solved, but when I change the chatEntries to a List, it causes the 'entry' variable to be unassigned.

[Bunny83]

@Your second edit:

If you create a List it will be empty at the beginning. You have to add elements to the list. ChatEntries is also a class so every instance have to be created:

List<ChatEntries> chatEntries = new List<ChatEntries>();

void AddChatEntry(string aName, string aText)
{
    ChatEntries tmp = new ChatEntries();
    tmp.name = aName;
    tmp.text = aText;
    chatEntries.Add(tmp);
}

I would strongly recommend to rename your class to "`ChatEntry`". An instance of this class represents one single chat entry and not multiple. The variable name chatEntries is correct because it's a list and contains multiple entries.

If you add a proper constructor to your class you can do it alot simpler:

class ChatEntry
{
    public string name = "";
    public string text = "";
    public ChatEntry(string aName, string aText)
    {
        name = aName;
        text = aText;
    }
}

List<ChatEntry> chatEntries = new List<ChatEntry>();

chatEntries.Add(new ChatEntry("Name","The text"));

[Jessy]

Don't use ArrayLists; they've been replaced in most cases by the superior List. That said, ArrayLists most certainly exist in C#. The only reason your JS code wouldn't work in C# is that you didn't put

using System.Collections;

at the top of the script. See? That's the namespace it's in.

[system]

Try this:

List<ChatEntries> chatEntries = new List<ChatEntries>();

If you still want to use ArrayList you can do this:

ArrayList chatEntries = new ArrayList();

[j_y_k]

ArrayList does exist in C# (it's in the System.Collections namespace), but generally you'll want to use System.Collections.Generic.List instead.

What is the type of 'chatEntries'? (I don't see the declaration in the code that you posted.)