C# Cast Entire Array?

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The proposed LINQ solution using Cast/’Select’ is fine, but since you know you are working with an array here, using ConvertAll is rather more efficienct, and just as simple.

var newArray = Array.ConvertAll(array, item => (NewType)item);

Using ConvertAll means
a) the array is only iterated over once,
b) the operation is more optimised for arrays (does not use IEnumerator<T>).

Don’t let the Converter<TInput, TOutput> type confuse you – it is just a simple delegate, and thus you can pass a lambda expression for it, as shown above.

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