C# object[,] into F#

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Hi, what would be the closest equivalent F# code to a C# array of objects?

Example:

In C# I would create:

C#

object[,] tableA = new object[30,2];

C#

tableA [0, 0] = "dog";
tableA [0, 1] = 2;
tableA [1, 0] = "cat";
tableA [1, 1] = 31;

and so on ....

In F# I could create

fs

let tableA_FS = Map( [("dog", 2); ("cat", 31)] );

However I cannot cast a map into a type object[,]

what is the closest type in F# to obj[,]?

Posted 2-Jul-12 7:06am

tagad

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tagad · Answer 1 · 2012-07-02T23:58:00

Solution 2

A possible way to do it is

F#

let myArray2D : obj[,] = Array2D.create 2 2 (box())
myArray2D.[0,0] <- box("cc")
myArray2D.[0,1] <- box(2.0)
...

this has type obj[,]

Posted 2-Jul-12 23:58pm

tagad

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2012-07-02T07:23:00

Solution 1

In this particular case, you can use array2D:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee620670.aspx[^].

See also the section "Multidimensional Arrays" in the documentation page on F# arrays:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233214.aspx[^].

—SA

Posted 2-Jul-12 7:23am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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tagad 2-Jul-12 14:31pm

Hi SA,

thanks for your reply. An array2D can be specified in 1 type. In my example I am using string and integer as types. I am not clear from the reference you pointed how to initialize an array2D in 2 different types.

thanks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Jul-12 15:47pm

No, you are not using different types! You use one polymorphic type System.Object. It has nothing to do with the array rank, could be in single-dimensional array in exact same way. You can do exactly the same thing in F#.
--SA