How to create a 1-Dimensional Array in C# with index starting at 1

Question

For multidimensional arrays Array.CreateInstance can be used to create non-zero index based arrays, but if you try that for a 1-dimensional arrays (vectors) as in e.g.:

Answer 1

All arrays in C# are zero based. As far as I know there is no way to create a 1 based array. Imagine what kind of a mess would have happened if that was possible. Here is a similar thread which explains the issue with more details - C#: Nonzero-based arrays are not CLS-compliant