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What is an indexer?

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Quick Answer An indexer lets you access an object using square bracket syntax รขโ‚ฌโ€ just like arrays. Defined with this[int index]. A custom Matrix class could let you do matrix[0, 1] instead of exposing internal arrays. Syntactic sugar that makes your class feel natural to use.

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An indexer allows an object to be accessed like an array.

It enables retrieving values using an index without exposing internal data structures.

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