Pass array from jQuery to ASP.NET MVC controller

The View ( must pass traditional(set to true) property to ajax parameter ):

$('#Simple').click(function () {

    $.ajax({
        url: '/Home/Simple/',
        type: 'POST',
        traditional: true,
        data: { Title: 'Greatest', Categories: ['show', 'on', 'earth'] },
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function (data) {
            alert(data.Title);
            for (i = 0; i < data.Categories.length; ++i)
                alert(data.Categories[i]);
        }
    });

});

The Controller:

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult Simple(Article a)
{
    return Json(a);
}

The Model:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace JquerySendBatch.Models
{
    public class Article
    {
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string[] Categories { get; set; }
    }
}

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If need to return multi-dimensional array, pass it as JSON object:

<input type='button' id='Simple' value='hello'/>


<script>
    $('#Simple').click(function () {

        var theData = [['a', 'b', 'c', 'z'], ['d', 'e', 'f', 'y']];
        var json = JSON.stringify(theData);

        $.ajax({
            url: '/Home/Test',
            type: 'POST',

            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            data: json,

            dataType: 'json',
            success: function (data) {
                for (i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) {
                    alert('wow');
                    for (j = 0; j < data[i].length; ++j)
                        alert(data[i][j]);
                }


            },
            error: function (a, b, c) {
                alert(a + ' ' + b + ' ' + c);
            }

        });

    });

</script>

Then on your controller:

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult Test(string[][] Categories)
{
    return Json(Categories);
}