Why are assignment operators (=) invalid in a foreach loop?

Question

Why are assignment operators (=) invalid in a foreach loop? I\'m using C#, but I would assume that the argument is the same for other languages that support

Answer 1

In general, if you're trying to do this, you need to think long and hard about your design, because you're probably not using the best construction. In this case, the best answer would probably be

string[] sArray = Enumerable.Repeat("Some assignment.\r\n", 5).ToArray();

Higher level constructions are almost always usable instead of this kind of loop in C#. (And C++, but that's a whole other topic)