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MemoryStream.ToArray Method

Writes the stream contents to a byte array, regardless of the Position property.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public virtual byte ToArray ()

Return Value

A new byte array.

Remarks

This method omits unused bytes in MemoryStream from the array. To get the entire buffer, use the GetBuffer method. This method returns a copy of the contents of the MemoryStream as a byte array. If the current instance was constructed on a provided byte array, a copy of the section of the array to which this instance has access is returned. See the MemoryStream constructor for details.

Note

This method works when the MemoryStream is closed.

Version Information

Available in the .NET Micro Framework versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.1.

See Also

Reference

MemoryStream Class
MemoryStream Members
System.IO Namespace