Finding the last index of an array

Question

How do you retrieve the last element of an array in C#?

Answer 1

Also, starting with .NET Core 3.0 (and .NET Standard 2.1) (C# 8) you can use Index type to keep array's indexes from end:

var lastElementIndexInAnyArraySize = ^1;
var lastElement = array[lastElementIndexInAnyArraySize];

You can use this index to get last array value in any lenght of array. For example:

var firstArray = new[] {0, 1, 1, 2, 2};
var secondArray = new[] {3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5};
var index = ^1;
var firstArrayLastValue = firstArray[index]; // 2
var secondArrayLastValue = secondArray[index]; // 5

For more information check documentation