Quick way to create a list of values in C#?

Check out C# 3.0's Collection Initializers.

var list = new List<string> { "test1", "test2", "test3" };

If you're looking to reduce clutter, consider

var lst = new List<string> { "foo", "bar" };

This uses two features of C# 3.0: type inference (the var keyword) and the collection initializer for lists.

Alternatively, if you can make do with an array, this is even shorter (by a small amount):

var arr = new [] { "foo", "bar" };

In C# 3, you can do:

IList<string> l = new List<string> { "test1", "test2", "test3" };

This uses the new collection initializer syntax in C# 3.

In C# 2, I would just use your second option.

Related