Method returning a two dimensional array

[rocksam2003]

I have the following method:

public string[,] StringConvert_tblVFWPost(DataTable dt1)
            {
                string[,] stringArray = new string[dt1.Rows.Count, dt1.Columns.Count];

                for(int row = 0; row < dt1.Rows.Count; ++row)
                {
                    for(int col = 0; col < dt1.Columns.Count; col++)
                    {
                    stringArray[row, col] = dt1.Rows[row][col].ToString();
                    }
                    return stringArray;
                }
            }

The error I'm getting is "Cannot implicitly convert type 'string[*,*]' to 'string'". So that tells me what the issue is. However, I'm not sure how to fix it.

How do I change this method, so that it properly returns my two dimensional array?

[weaknessforcats]

You cannot return an array from a function because an array is not a type. It is a collection of a type.

All you can return from a function is a type or a pointer to a type.

Read this: http://bytes.com/topic/c/insights/77...rrays-revealed

[rocksam2003]

I should stated that this code is in C#. In C#, pointers are only allowed in unsafe mode. I would like to avoid that. Surely, there's a way I can return an array without a pointer in C#?

[weaknessforcats]

Return an object with the array as a data member.