Datatable to Multidimensional Array

Question

Is there an easy way to convert a Datatable to a multidimensional string array?

Maybe using LINQ?

There\'s gotta be a better way than manually l

Answer 1

yourTable.AsEnumerable().Select(row => row.ItemArray).ToArray()

Answer 2

try dt.Rows.Cast().Select(//datarow to strings)

Answer 3

Linq is the answer. You can convert a DataTable to IEnumerable using the AsEnumerable method. Then, the ToArray() converts it to an array.

var tableEnumerable = DataTableName.AsEnumerable();
tableArray = tableEnumerable.ToArray();