Starting Index of Arrays in C# and VB.Net

Question

Have a look at the following code.,

C#

 string[] testString = new string[jobs.Count];

Equivalent VB.Net

Answer 1

Because with your C# code sample,

string testString = new string[jobs.Count];

That's a constructor of creating an array of string.

While with the VB.Net example,

Dim testString As String = New String(jobs.Count - 1) {}

You are referring with a new String object with length of string declared in the parenthesis.

If you want to create an array of String in VB.Net it must be like this:

Dim testString (jobs.Count) As String

see supporting links below: VB.Net C#