Stack.ToArray Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Collections

Assembly:

System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll

Source:

Stack.cs

Copies the Stack to a new array.

public:
 virtual cli::array <System::Object ^> ^ ToArray();

public virtual object?[] ToArray ();

abstract member ToArray : unit -> obj[]
override this.ToArray : unit -> obj[]

Public Overridable Function ToArray () As Object()

Returns

Object[]

A new array containing copies of the elements of the Stack.

Examples

The following example shows how to copy a Stack into a one-dimensional array.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
void PrintValues( Array^ myArr, char mySeparator );
int main()
{
   // Creates and initializes the source Stack.
   Stack^ mySourceQ = gcnew Stack;
   mySourceQ->Push( "barn" );
   mySourceQ->Push( "the" );
   mySourceQ->Push( "in" );
   mySourceQ->Push( "cats" );
   mySourceQ->Push( "napping" );
   mySourceQ->Push( "three" );

   // Creates and initializes the one-dimensional target Array.
   Array^ myTargetArray = Array::CreateInstance( String::typeid, 15 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "The", 0 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "quick", 1 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "brown", 2 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "fox", 3 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "jumps", 4 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "over", 5 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "the", 6 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "lazy", 7 );
   myTargetArray->SetValue( "dog", 8 );

   // Displays the values of the target Array.
   Console::WriteLine( "The target Array contains the following (before and after copying):" );
   PrintValues( myTargetArray, ' ' );

   // Copies the entire source Stack to the target Array, starting at index 6.
   mySourceQ->CopyTo( myTargetArray, 6 );

   // Displays the values of the target Array.
   PrintValues( myTargetArray, ' ' );

   // Copies the entire source Stack to a new standard array.
   array<Object^>^myStandardArray = mySourceQ->ToArray();

   // Displays the values of the new standard array.
   Console::WriteLine( "The new standard array contains the following:" );
   PrintValues( myStandardArray, ' ' );
}

void PrintValues( Array^ myArr, char mySeparator )
{
   IEnumerator^ myEnum = myArr->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      Object^ myObj = safe_cast<Object^>(myEnum->Current);
      Console::Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, myObj );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
}

/* 
 This code produces the following output.
 
 The target Array contains the following (before and after copying):
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog      
  The quick brown fox jumps over three napping cats in the barn   
 The new standard array contains the following:
  three napping cats in the barn
 */

using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesStack  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes the source Stack.
      Stack mySourceQ = new Stack();
      mySourceQ.Push( "barn" );
      mySourceQ.Push( "the" );
      mySourceQ.Push( "in" );
      mySourceQ.Push( "cats" );
      mySourceQ.Push( "napping" );
      mySourceQ.Push( "three" );

      // Creates and initializes the one-dimensional target Array.
      Array myTargetArray=Array.CreateInstance( typeof(string), 15 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "The", 0 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "quick", 1 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "brown", 2 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "fox", 3 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "jumps", 4 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "over", 5 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "the", 6 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "lazy", 7 );
      myTargetArray.SetValue( "dog", 8 );

      // Displays the values of the target Array.
      Console.WriteLine( "The target Array contains the following (before and after copying):" );
      PrintValues( myTargetArray, ' ' );

      // Copies the entire source Stack to the target Array, starting at index 6.
      mySourceQ.CopyTo( myTargetArray, 6 );

      // Displays the values of the target Array.
      PrintValues( myTargetArray, ' ' );

      // Copies the entire source Stack to a new standard array.
      Object[] myStandardArray = mySourceQ.ToArray();

      // Displays the values of the new standard array.
      Console.WriteLine( "The new standard array contains the following:" );
      PrintValues( myStandardArray, ' ' );
   }

   public static void PrintValues( Array myArr, char mySeparator )  {
      foreach ( Object myObj in myArr )  {
         Console.Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, myObj );
      }
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
}


/*
This code produces the following output.

The target Array contains the following (before and after copying):
 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
 The quick brown fox jumps over three napping cats in the barn
The new standard array contains the following:
 three napping cats in the barn
*/

Imports System.Collections

Public Class SamplesStack    
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        ' Creates and initializes the source Stack.
        Dim mySourceQ As New Stack()
        mySourceQ.Push("barn")
        mySourceQ.Push("the")
        mySourceQ.Push("in")
        mySourceQ.Push("cats")
        mySourceQ.Push("napping")
        mySourceQ.Push("three")
        
        ' Creates and initializes the one-dimensional target Array.
        Dim myTargetArray As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(String), 15)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("The", 0)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("quick", 1)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("brown", 2)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("fox", 3)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("jumps", 4)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("over", 5)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("the", 6)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("lazy", 7)
        myTargetArray.SetValue("dog", 8)
        
        ' Displays the values of the target Array.
        Console.WriteLine("The target Array contains the " & _
           "following (before and after copying):")
        PrintValues(myTargetArray, " "c)
        
        ' Copies the entire source Stack to the target Array, starting
        ' at index 6.
        mySourceQ.CopyTo(myTargetArray, 6)
        
        ' Displays the values of the target Array.
        PrintValues(myTargetArray, " "c)
        
        ' Copies the entire source Stack to a new standard array.
        Dim myStandardArray As Object() = mySourceQ.ToArray()
        
        ' Displays the values of the new standard array.
        Console.WriteLine("The new standard array contains the following:")
        PrintValues(myStandardArray, " "c)
    End Sub    
    
    Overloads Public Shared Sub PrintValues(myArr As Array, _
       mySeparator As Char)
       
        Dim myObj As Object
        For Each myObj In  myArr
            Console.Write("{0}{1}", mySeparator, myObj)
        Next myObj
        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub

End Class


' This code produces the following output.
'
' The target Array contains the following (before and after copying):
'  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
'  The quick brown fox jumps over three napping cats in the barn
' The new standard array contains the following:
'  three napping cats in the barn

Remarks

The elements are copied onto the array in last-in-first-out (LIFO) order, similar to the order of the elements returned by a succession of calls to Pop.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.

See also

• CopyTo(Array, Int32)
• Pop()