Array.ICollection.CopyTo Method (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

Array..::.ICollection..::.CopyTo Method

Copies the elements of the Array to another Array, starting at the specified index.

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

Private Sub CopyTo ( _
	array As Array, _
	index As Integer _
) Implements ICollection.CopyTo

void ICollection.CopyTo(
	Array array,
	int index
)

private:
virtual void CopyTo(
	Array^ array, 
	int index
) sealed = ICollection::CopyTo

private abstract CopyTo : 
        array:Array * 
        index:int -> unit 
private override CopyTo : 
        array:Array * 
        index:int -> unit

Parameters

array: Type: System..::.Array
The one-dimensional array that is the destination of the elements copied from the source array. The array must have zero-based indexing.

index: Type: System..::.Int32
The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.

Implements

ICollection..::.CopyTo(Array, Int32)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	array is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index is less than zero.
ArgumentException	array is multidimensional. -or- The number of elements in the source Array is greater than the available space from index to the end of the destination array. -or- The type of the source Array cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

Exception

Condition

ArgumentNullException

array is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero.

ArgumentException

array is multidimensional.

-or-

The number of elements in the source Array is greater than the available space from index to the end of the destination array.

-or-

The type of the source Array cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

Remarks

Caution
This property is not present in the Portable Class Library. If you are developing applications that target the Portable Class Library, use the CopyTo method instead.

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Array instance is cast to an ICollection interface.

Version Information

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Reference

Array Class

System Namespace