ArrayList.ToArray Method
Definition
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Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a new array.
Overloads
ToArray() | |
ToArray(Type) |
Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a new array of the specified element type. |
ToArray()
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
public:
virtual cli::array <System::Object ^> ^ ToArray();
public virtual object[] ToArray ();
public virtual object?[] ToArray ();
abstract member ToArray : unit -> obj[]
override this.ToArray : unit -> obj[]
Public Overridable Function ToArray () As Object()
Returns
An Object array containing copies of the elements of the ArrayList.
Remarks
The elements are copied using Array.Copy, which is an O(n)
operation, where n
is Count.
Applies to
ToArray(Type)
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
- Source:
- ArrayList.cs
Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a new array of the specified element type.
public:
virtual Array ^ ToArray(Type ^ type);
public virtual Array ToArray (Type type);
abstract member ToArray : Type -> Array
override this.ToArray : Type -> Array
Public Overridable Function ToArray (type As Type) As Array
Parameters
Returns
An array of the specified element type containing copies of the elements of the ArrayList.
Exceptions
type
is null
.
The type of the source ArrayList cannot be cast automatically to the specified type.
Examples
The following copy example shows how to copy the elements of an ArrayList to a string array.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
void PrintIndexAndValues( ArrayList^ myList );
void PrintIndexAndValues( array<String^>^myArr );
int main()
{
// Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
ArrayList^ myAL = gcnew ArrayList;
myAL->Add( "The" );
myAL->Add( "quick" );
myAL->Add( "brown" );
myAL->Add( "fox" );
myAL->Add( "jumps" );
myAL->Add( "over" );
myAL->Add( "the" );
myAL->Add( "lazy" );
myAL->Add( "dog" );
// Displays the values of the ArrayList.
Console::WriteLine( "The ArrayList contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues( myAL );
// Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a string array.
array<String^>^myArr = reinterpret_cast<array<String^>^>(myAL->ToArray( String::typeid ));
// Displays the contents of the string array.
Console::WriteLine( "The string array contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues( myArr );
}
void PrintIndexAndValues( ArrayList^ myList )
{
int i = 0;
IEnumerator^ myEnum = myList->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
Object^ o = safe_cast<Object^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i++, o );
}
Console::WriteLine();
}
void PrintIndexAndValues( array<String^>^myArr )
{
for ( int i = 0; i < myArr->Length; i++ )
Console::WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArr[ i ] );
Console::WriteLine();
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The ArrayList contains the following values:
[0]: The
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumps
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
The string array contains the following values:
[0]: The
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumps
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
*/
using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesArrayList {
public static void Main() {
// Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
ArrayList myAL = new ArrayList();
myAL.Add( "The" );
myAL.Add( "quick" );
myAL.Add( "brown" );
myAL.Add( "fox" );
myAL.Add( "jumps" );
myAL.Add( "over" );
myAL.Add( "the" );
myAL.Add( "lazy" );
myAL.Add( "dog" );
// Displays the values of the ArrayList.
Console.WriteLine( "The ArrayList contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues( myAL );
// Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a string array.
String[] myArr = (String[]) myAL.ToArray( typeof( string ) );
// Displays the contents of the string array.
Console.WriteLine( "The string array contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues( myArr );
}
public static void PrintIndexAndValues( ArrayList myList ) {
int i = 0;
foreach ( Object o in myList )
Console.WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i++, o );
Console.WriteLine();
}
public static void PrintIndexAndValues( String[] myArr ) {
for ( int i = 0; i < myArr.Length; i++ )
Console.WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArr[i] );
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The ArrayList contains the following values:
[0]: The
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumps
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
The string array contains the following values:
[0]: The
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumps
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
*/
Imports System.Collections
Public Class SamplesArrayList
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
Dim myAL As New ArrayList()
myAL.Add("The")
myAL.Add("quick")
myAL.Add("brown")
myAL.Add("fox")
myAL.Add("jumps")
myAL.Add("over")
myAL.Add("the")
myAL.Add("lazy")
myAL.Add("dog")
' Displays the values of the ArrayList.
Console.WriteLine("The ArrayList contains the following values:")
PrintIndexAndValues(myAL)
' Copies the elements of the ArrayList to a string array.
Dim myArr As String() = CType(myAL.ToArray(GetType(String)), String())
' Displays the contents of the string array.
Console.WriteLine("The string array contains the following values:")
PrintIndexAndValues(myArr)
End Sub
Overloads Public Shared Sub PrintIndexAndValues(myList As ArrayList)
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim o As [Object]
For Each o In myList
Console.WriteLine(" [{0}]: {1}", i, o)
i = i + 1
Next o
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub
Overloads Public Shared Sub PrintIndexAndValues(myArr() As String)
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myArr.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine(" [{0}]: {1}", i, myArr(i))
Next i
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces the following output.
'
'The ArrayList contains the following values:
' [0]: The
' [1]: quick
' [2]: brown
' [3]: fox
' [4]: jumps
' [5]: over
' [6]: the
' [7]: lazy
' [8]: dog
'
'The string array contains the following values:
' [0]: The
' [1]: quick
' [2]: brown
' [3]: fox
' [4]: jumps
' [5]: over
' [6]: the
' [7]: lazy
' [8]: dog
Remarks
All of the objects in the ArrayList object will be cast to the Type specified in the type
parameter.
The elements are copied using Array.Copy, which is an O(n)
operation, where n
is Count.