Array.Length Property (System)

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Array.Length Property

Updated: January 2010

Gets a 32-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property Length As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Array
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.Length

public int Length { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property int Length {
	int get ();
}

JScript

public function get Length () : int

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
A 32-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array; zero if there are no elements in the array.

Remarks

Retrieving the value of this property is an O(1) operation.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Array Class

Array Members

System Namespace

GetLength

LongLength

ICollection.Count

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Change History

Date	History	Reason
January 2010	Expanded return value description.	Customer feedback.

Date

History

Reason

January 2010

Expanded return value description.

Customer feedback.

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