How to initialize a List to a given size (as opposed to capacity)?

Question

.NET offers a generic list container whose performance is almost identical (see Performance of Arrays vs. Lists question). However they are quite different in initialization

Answer 1

This is a sample I used for my unit test. I created a list of class object. Then I used forloop to add 'X' number of objects that I am expecting from the service. This way you can add/initialize a List for any given size.

public void TestMethod1()
    {
        var expected = new List();
        for (int i = 0; i < 22; i++)//You add empty initialization here
        {
            var temp = new DotaViewer.Interface.DotaHero();
            expected.Add(temp);
        }
        var nw = new DotaHeroCsvService();
        var items = nw.GetHero();

        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(expected,items);


    }

Hope I was of help to you guys.