[c#] How to declare a inline object with inline variables without a parent class

I am trying to do something like:

Object [] x = new Object[2];

x[0]=new Object(){firstName="john";lastName="walter"};
x[1]=new Object(){brand="BMW"};

I want to know if there is a way to achieve that inline declaration in C#

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The answer is


You can also declare 'x' with the keyword var:

var x = new
{
  driver = new
  {
    firstName = "john",
    lastName = "walter"
  },
  car = new
  {
    brand = "BMW"
  }
};

This will allow you to declare your x object inline, but you will have to name your 2 anonymous objects, in order to access them. You can have an array of "x" :

x.driver.firstName // "john"
x.car.brand // "BMW"

var y = new[] { x, x, x, x };
y[1].car.brand; // "BMW"

You can also do this:

var x = new object[] {
    new { firstName = "john", lastName = "walter" },
    new { brand = "BMW" }
};

And if they are the same anonymous type (firstName and lastName), you won't need to cast as object.

var y = new [] {
    new { firstName = "john", lastName = "walter" },
    new { firstName = "jill", lastName = "white" }
};