How can I delete an item from an array in VB.NET?

Question

How can I delete an item from an array in VB.NET?

Answer 1

My favorite way:

Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

 _
Public Sub RemoveAll(Of T)(ByRef arr As T(), matching As Predicate(Of T))
    If Not IsNothing(arr) Then
        If arr.Count > 0 Then
            Dim ls As List(Of T) = arr.ToList
            ls.RemoveAll(matching)
            arr = ls.ToArray
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Then in the code, whenever I need to remove something from an array I can do it by some property in some object in that array having a certain value, like:

arr.RemoveAll(Function(c) c.MasterContactID.Equals(customer.MasterContactID))

Or if I already know the exact object I want to remove, I can just do:

arr.RemoveAll(function(c) c.equals(customer))