What's the difference between declaring an array like this:
'C#
string MinhaMatriz[] = []
'VB
Dim MinhaMatriz() As String = { }
and so:
'C#
string[] MinhaMatriz = []
'VB
Dim MinhaMatriz As String() = { }
or so:
'C#
System.Array<string> MinhaMatriz
'VB
Dim MinhaMatriz As System.Array(Of String)
Essentially the differences are syntactic. That is, it makes no difference to the program how you make the statement.
Note that in C # only the second form is actually valid. In fact, neither it, in the way described, after all, does not exist the literal [] to array .
The third way does not work this way even in VB.Net. System.Array is not the same type as array and it does not have a generic version as a proposal. It has some tricks to simulate this but I think it is beyond the scope of the question.
There is a difference between a list and an array. Its basic functions are practically the same, but the Lists ( List<T> ) I, in particular, find more powerful and are more used.
// um array é declarado da seguinte forma:
string[] MeuArray = new string[5];
// Uma lista de objetos List<T> é declarado da seguinte forma
List<String> MinhaLista = new List<String>();
string MinhaMatriz[] = [] "