How to initialize an array to 0 without using for loops in C#

Question

I have an array called Buffer. I am using a for loop to initialize its contents to 0. How do I do it in a single statement in C#? I do not want to use the for-loop.

byte[] Buffer = new byte[50];
int arrC = 0;
// array initialization
for (arrC = 0; arrC < 50; arrC++)
{
    Buffer[arrC] = 0;
}

The array is already initialized to 0 as the default(byte) is 0 — DiskJunky
– DiskJunky, Commented Oct 10, 2017 at 11:10
Possible duplicate of In C# what is the default value of the bytes when creating a new byte array? — SᴇM
– SᴇM, Commented Oct 10, 2017 at 11:17

Patrick Hofman · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-10 11:10:35Z

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You don't, and you don't have to. The default value for a byte is 0.

Hence, if you create an array of type byte[], each item in the array has the default value 0.

answered Oct 10, 2017 at 11:10

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Patrick Hofman Over a year ago

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