Array slices in C#

Question

How do you do it? Given a byte array:

byte[] foo = new byte[4096];

How would I get the first x bytes of the array as a separate array? (Specifically, I need it as an IEnumerable<byte>)

This is for working with Sockets. I figure the easiest way would be array slicing, similar to Perls syntax:

@bar = @foo[0..40];

Which would return the first 41 elements into the @bar array. Is there something in C# that I'm just missing, or is there some other thing I should be doing?

LINQ is an option for me (.NET 3.5), if that helps any.

Answer 1

You could use ArraySegment<T>. It's very light-weight as it doesn't copy the array:

string[] a = { "one", "two", "three", "four", "five" };
var segment = new ArraySegment<string>( a, 1, 2 );