title: how to return raw array from asp.net-mvc controller action
body: <p>i am <a href="http://view.jquery.com/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/demo/" rel="nofollow">trying to use this plugin</a> (<strong>the multiple birds (remote)</strong> example), but the backend example is in php and my backend is asp.net-mvc.  I am trying to translate this php code into asp.net-mvc.  Is it possible to just return an array from an asp.net-mvc controller action (versus doing it in Json or XML)</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  $q = strtolower($_GET["q"]);
  if (!$q) return;
  $items = array(
  "Great &lt;em&gt;Bittern&lt;/em&gt;"=&gt;"Botaurus stellaris",
  "Little &lt;em&gt;Grebe&lt;/em&gt;"=&gt;"Tachybaptus ruficollis",
  "Black-necked Grebe"=&gt;"Podiceps nigricollis",
  "Common Chiffchaff"=&gt;"Phylloscopus collybita",
  "House Finch"=&gt;"Carpodacus mexicanus",
  "Green Heron"=&gt;"Butorides virescens",
  "Solitary Sandpiper"=&gt;"Tringa solitaria",
  "Heuglin's Gull"=&gt;"Larus heuglini"
  );
  
  foreach ($items as $key=&gt;$value) {
      if (strpos(strtolower($key), $q) !== false) {
          echo "$key|$value\n";
      }
  }
  
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>