How to reach the value of an object nested within an object?

Question

I am somehow producing a C# object that contains another object structure. I am not sure how I can get hold of its content.

I have an array whose value is

{object[1,1]} 

and type

object[,] 

If I unfold it I get:

arr[0,0] 

with value

{object[1..1]} 

and with type

object{object[]}

and a structure that tells

[1] 

with value (for the sake of argument)

myString 

and with type

object{string}

I am not sure how I can get hold of the encapsulated string myString that I am searching for.

From the Watch window ((-) means that I unfolded the toggle point (+)):

    Name            Value             Type
(-) arr            {object[1,1]}      object[,]
 L  (-) [0,0]      {object[1..1]}     object{object[]}
     L  [1]        "myString"         object{string}

arr[0,0][1]        Cannot apply indexing with [] to an  expression of type 'object'

Answer 1

Your array seems to be this, based on your last edit:

//an array with length 1 and index starts with 1 instead of 0
var mySpecialArray = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(object), new [] { 1 }, new [] { 1 });
mySpecialArray.SetValue("myString", 1);

var objArray = new object[,]
{
    {mySpecialArray},
};

To get the value myString in code behind you can use this

Console.WriteLine(((Array)objArray[0,0]).GetValue(1));

objArray[0,0][1] won't work because you aren't casting objArray[0,0] to the type it is (an array), you can't use [1] on an instance of type object

visual studio is doing underneath magic and will do the cast internally to access [1]

Here you can find a demo:

https://dotnetfiddle.net/VHFPmv