How do I convert a C# List to a Javascript array?

Question

I have a datatable that I\'m converting into a List, serializing it and passing it to my view using a viewmodel.

My viewmodel looks like this:

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Answer 1

I would say it's more a problem of the way you're modeling your data. Instead of using string arrays for addresses, it would be much cleaner and easier to do something like this:

Create a class to represent your addresses, like this:

public class Address
{
    public string Address1 { get; set; }
    public string CityName { get; set; }
    public string StateCode { get; set; }
    public string ZipCode { get; set; }
}

Then in your view model, you can populate those addresses like this:

public class ViewModel
{
    public IList
 Addresses = new List
();

    public void PopulateAddresses()
    {
        foreach(DataRow row in AddressTable.Rows)
        {
            Address address = new Address
                {
                    Address1 = row["Address1"].ToString(),
                    CityName = row["CityName"].ToString(),
                    StateCode = row["StateCode"].ToString(),
                    ZipCode = row["ZipCode"].ToString()
                };
            Addresses.Add(address);
        }

        lAddressGeocodeModel.Addresses = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Addresses);
    }
}

Which will give you JSON that looks like this:

[{"Address1" : "123 Easy Street", "CityName": "New York", "StateCode": "NY", "ZipCode": "12345"}]