Enumerable.ToArray<TSource>(IEnumerable<TSource>) Method

Definition

Creates an array from a IEnumerable<T>.

C#
public static TSource[] ToArray<TSource>(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource> source);

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

source
IEnumerable<TSource>

An IEnumerable<T> to create an array from.

Returns

TSource[]

An array that contains the elements from the input sequence.

Exceptions

source is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use ToArray to force immediate query evaluation and return an array of results.

C#
class Package
{
    public string Company { get; set; }
    public double Weight { get; set; }
}

public static void ToArrayEx1()
{
    List<Package> packages =
        new List<Package>
            { new Package { Company = "Coho Vineyard", Weight = 25.2 },
              new Package { Company = "Lucerne Publishing", Weight = 18.7 },
              new Package { Company = "Wingtip Toys", Weight = 6.0 },
              new Package { Company = "Adventure Works", Weight = 33.8 } };

    string[] companies = packages.Select(pkg => pkg.Company).ToArray();

    foreach (string company in companies)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(company);
    }
}

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 Coho Vineyard
 Lucerne Publishing
 Wingtip Toys
 Adventure Works
*/

Remarks

The ToArray<TSource>(IEnumerable<TSource>) method forces immediate query evaluation and returns an array that contains the query results. You can append this method to your query in order to obtain a cached copy of the query results.

ToList has similar behavior but returns a List<T> instead of an array.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0