String.ToCharArray Method (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

String..::.ToCharArray Method

Copies the characters in this instance to a Unicode character array.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Function ToCharArray As Char()

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As String
Dim returnValue As Char()

returnValue = instance.ToCharArray()

public char[] ToCharArray()

Visual C++

public:
array<wchar_t>^ ToCharArray()

JScript

public function ToCharArray() : char[]

Return Value

Type: array<System..::.Char>[]()[]
A Unicode character array whose elements are the individual characters of this instance. If this instance is an empty string, the returned array is empty and has a zero length.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to easily create a Unicode character array from a String. The array is then used with the Split method.

Visual Basic

Public Class StringSplit2
   Public Shared Sub Main()

      Dim delimStr As String = " ,.:"
      Dim delimiter As Char() = delimStr.ToCharArray()
      Dim words As String = "one two,three:four."
      Dim split As String() = Nothing

      Console.WriteLine("The delimiters are -{0}-", delimStr)
      Dim x As Integer
      For x = 1 To 5
         split = words.Split(delimiter, x)
         Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "count = {0,2} ..............", x)
         Dim s As String
         For Each s In  split
            Console.WriteLine("-{0}-", s)
         Next s
      Next x
   End Sub 
End Class 
' The example displays the following output:
'       The delimiters are - ,.:-
'       count =  1 ..............
'       -one two,three:four.-
'       count =  2 ..............
'       -one-
'       -two,three:four.-
'       count =  3 ..............
'       -one-
'       -two-
'       -three:four.-
'       count =  4 ..............
'       -one-
'       -two-
'       -three-
'       -four.-
'       count =  5 ..............
'       -one-
'       -two-
'       -three-
'       -four-
'       --

using System;

public class StringSplit2 
{
   public static void Main() 
   {
      string delimStr = " ,.:";
       char [] delimiter = delimStr.ToCharArray();
      string words = "one two,three:four.";
      string [] split = null;

       Console.WriteLine("The delimiters are -{0}-", delimStr);
       for (int x = 1; x <= 5; x++) 
      {
          split = words.Split(delimiter, x);
         Console.WriteLine("\ncount = {0,2} ..............", x);
           foreach (string s in split) 
          {
             Console.WriteLine("-{0}-", s);
             }
       }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       The delimiters are - ,.:-
//       count =  1 ..............
//       -one two,three:four.-
//       count =  2 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two,three:four.-
//       count =  3 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three:four.-
//       count =  4 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three-
//       -four.-
//       count =  5 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three-
//       -four-
//       --

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
int main()
{
   String^ delimStr = " ,.:";
   array<Char>^delimiter = delimStr->ToCharArray();
   String^ words = "one two,three:four.";
   array<String^>^split = nullptr;
   Console::WriteLine( "The delimiters are -{0}-", delimStr );
   for ( int x = 1; x <= 5; x++ )
   {
      split = words->Split( delimiter, x );
      Console::WriteLine( "\ncount = {0, 2} ..............", x );
      IEnumerator^ myEnum = split->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum->Current);
         Console::WriteLine( "-{0}-", s );
      }

   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       The delimiters are - ,.:-
//       count =  1 ..............
//       -one two,three:four.-
//       count =  2 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two,three:four.-
//       count =  3 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three:four.-
//       count =  4 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three-
//       -four.-
//       count =  5 ..............
//       -one-
//       -two-
//       -three-
//       -four-
//       --

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