填充列表比填充数组更容易。对于数组，您需要知道数据的确切长度，但对于列表，数据大小可以是任何大小。你可以把一个列表转换成一个数组。

List<URLDTO> urls = new List<URLDTO>();

urls.Add(new URLDTO() {
    key = "wiki",
    url = "https://...",
});

urls.Add(new URLDTO()
{
    key = "url",
    url = "http://...",
});

urls.Add(new URLDTO()
{
    key = "dir",
    url = "https://...",
});

// convert a list into an array: URLDTO[]
return urls.ToArray();

Another situation not yet mentioned is when one will have a large number of items, each of which consists of a fixed bunch of related-but-independent variables stuck together (e.g. the coordinates of a point, or the vertices of a 3d triangle). An array of exposed-field structures will allow the its elements to be efficiently modified "in place"--something which is not possible with any other collection type. Because an array of structures holds its elements consecutively in RAM, sequential accesses to array elements can be very fast. In situations where code will need to make many sequential passes through an array, an array of structures may outperform an array or other collection of class object references by a factor of 2:1; further, the ability to update elements in place may allow an array of structures to outperform any other kind of collection of structures.

Although arrays are not resizable, it is not difficult to have code store an array reference along with the number of elements that are in use, and replace the array with a larger one as required. Alternatively, one could easily write code for a type which behaved much like a List<T> but exposed its backing store, thus allowing one to say either MyPoints.Add(nextPoint); or MyPoints.Items[23].X += 5;. Note that the latter would not necessarily throw an exception if code tried to access beyond the end of the list, but usage would otherwise be conceptually quite similar to List<T>.

大多数情况下，使用List就足够了。List使用内部数组来处理其数据，并在向List中添加比当前容量更多的元素时自动调整数组的大小，这使得它比需要事先知道容量的数组更容易使用。

有关c#中的列表的更多信息，请参阅http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms379570(v=vs.80).aspx#datastructures20_1_topic5，或者只是反编译System.Collections.Generic.List<T>。

如果需要多维数据(例如使用矩阵或图形编程)，则可能使用数组。

像往常一样，如果内存或性能是一个问题，测量它!否则，您可能会对代码做出错误的假设。

实际上，我只是想添加一个链接，我很惊讶还没有提到:Eric的Lippert的博客条目“数组被认为有点有害”。

您可以从标题中判断，它建议在任何可行的地方使用集合——但正如Marc正确地指出的那样，在很多地方，数组确实是唯一可行的解决方案。

尽管其他答案推荐List<T>，但在处理以下问题时，您将希望使用数组:

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Lists in .NET are wrappers over arrays, and use an array internally. The time complexity of operations on lists is the same as would be with arrays, however there is a little more overhead with all the added functionality / ease of use of lists (such as automatic resizing and the methods that come with the list class). Pretty much, I would recommend using lists in all cases unless there is a compelling reason not to do so, such as if you need to write extremely optimized code, or are working with other code that is built around arrays.