ReadOnlySpan<T>.ToArray Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

ReadOnlySpan.cs

Copies the contents of this read-only span into a new array.

public:
 cli::array <T> ^ ToArray();

public T[] ToArray ();

member this.ToArray : unit -> 'T[]

Public Function ToArray () As T()

Returns

T[]

An array containing the data in the current span.

Remarks

This method performs a heap allocation and data copy, and therefore, should be avoided if possible. It it sometimes necessary when APIs that support ReadOnlySpan<T> are not available, but APIs that work with arrays are.