What is this new[] a shorthand for?

Question

I can\'t seem to find any documentation on what new[] is supposed to be. From the example below it seems to be an object array shorthand

var json = new[] {
          


        

Answer 1

It means that new[] is an implicitly typed array. Since it's implicitly typed, you have to assign something to it as in this example. Just as you have to with the var keyword.