c# - Conversion of System.Array to List

Question

Last night I had dream that the following was impossible. But in the same dream, someone from SO told me otherwise. Hence I would like to know if it it possible to convert System.Array to List

Array ints = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(int), 5);
ints.SetValue(10, 0);
ints.SetValue(20, 1);
ints.SetValue(10, 2);
ints.SetValue(34, 3);
ints.SetValue(113, 4);

to

List<int> lst = ints.OfType<int>(); // not working

Answer 1

Save yourself some pain...

using System.Linq;

int[] ints = new [] { 10, 20, 10, 34, 113 };

List<int> lst = ints.OfType<int>().ToList(); // this isn't going to be fast.

Can also just...

List<int> lst = new List<int> { 10, 20, 10, 34, 113 };

or...

List<int> lst = new List<int>();
lst.Add(10);
lst.Add(20);
lst.Add(10);
lst.Add(34);
lst.Add(113);

or...

List<int> lst = new List<int>(new int[] { 10, 20, 10, 34, 113 });

or...

var lst = new List<int>();
lst.AddRange(new int[] { 10, 20, 10, 34, 113 });