using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

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// sample JSON string array

string jsonArrayString = "[\"apple\", \"banana\", \"cherry\"]";

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// 1. Parse the JSON string into a JArray

JArray jsonArray = JArray.Parse(jsonArrayString);

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// 2. Convert the JArray to a string array

string[] stringArray = jsonArray.ToObject<string[]>();

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// Alternatively, using LINQ syntax

// string[] stringArray = jsonArray.Select(item => (string)item).ToArray();

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// Display array contents.

foreach (string fruit in stringArray)

{

    Console.WriteLine(fruit);

}