Marshal.ReadIntPtr Method (IntPtr, Int32)

ReadIntPtr enables direct interaction with an unmanaged C-style IntPtr array, eliminating the expense of copying an entire unmanaged array (using Marshal.Copy) to a separate managed array before reading its element values.

Reading from unaligned memory locations is supported.

The following example demonstrates how to read and write to an unmanaged array using the ReadIntPtr and WriteIntPtr methods.

static void ReadWriteIntPtr()
{
    // Allocate unmanaged memory.  
    int elementSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(IntPtr));
    IntPtr unmanagedArray = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(10 * elementSize);

    // Set the 10 elements of the C-style unmanagedArray 
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        Marshal.WriteIntPtr(unmanagedArray, i * elementSize, ((IntPtr)(i + 1)));
    }
    Console.WriteLine("Unmanaged memory written.");

    Console.WriteLine("Reading unmanaged memory:");
    // Print the 10 elements of the C-style unmanagedArray 
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(Marshal.ReadIntPtr(unmanagedArray, i * elementSize));
    }

    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(unmanagedArray);

    Console.WriteLine("Done. Press Enter to continue.");
    Console.ReadLine();
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

• SecurityCriticalAttribute 

  requires full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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