#511 – Rules for Using Parameter Arrays

You can use the params keyword when declaring a method to define a parameter array, allowing you to pass a variable number of parameters to the method.

public void PerformCommands(params string[] commandList)
{
    foreach (string command in commandList)
        Console.WriteLine("Ok, I'm doing [{0}]", command);
}

You can then pass any number of parameters to the method.  Every parameter that you specify is added to the single array that is passed to the method.

kirby.PerformCommands(new string[] { "Sit", "Stay", "Come" });

When using the params keyword:

• You can only define one parameter array for a given method
• The parameter must be the last parameter specified
• The array must be a single-dimensional array
• You can’t use the ref or out modifiers on the parameter array or on any of the arguments
• Each argument must be implicitly convertible to the type of the array’s elements