ArrayList.GetRange Method (System.Collections)

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ArrayList.GetRange Method

Returns an ArrayList which represents a subset of the elements in the source ArrayList.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable Function GetRange ( _
	index As Integer, _
	count As Integer _
) As ArrayList

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ArrayList
Dim index As Integer
Dim count As Integer
Dim returnValue As ArrayList

returnValue = instance.GetRange(index, count)

public virtual ArrayList GetRange (
	int index,
	int count
)

C++

public:
virtual ArrayList^ GetRange (
	int index, 
	int count
)

public ArrayList GetRange (
	int index, 
	int count
)

JScript

public function GetRange (
	index : int, 
	count : int
) : ArrayList

XAML

Not applicable.

Parameters

index: The zero-based ArrayList index at which the range starts.

count: The number of elements in the range.

Return Value

An ArrayList which represents a subset of the elements in the source ArrayList.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index is less than zero. -or- count is less than zero.
ArgumentException	index and count do not denote a valid range of elements in the ArrayList.

Exception type

Condition

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero.

-or-

count is less than zero.

ArgumentException

index and count do not denote a valid range of elements in the ArrayList.

Remarks

This method does not create copies of the elements. The new ArrayList is only a view window into the source ArrayList. However, all subsequent changes to the source ArrayList must be done through this view window ArrayList. If changes are made directly to the source ArrayList, the view window ArrayList is invalidated and any operations on it will return an InvalidOperationException.

This method is an O(1) operation.

Example

The following code example shows how to set and get a range of elements in the ArrayList.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Collections

Public Class SamplesArrayList

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
        Dim myAL As New ArrayList()
        myAL.Add("The")
        myAL.Add("quick")
        myAL.Add("brown")
        myAL.Add("fox")
        myAL.Add("jumped")
        myAL.Add("over")
        myAL.Add("the")
        myAL.Add("lazy")
        myAL.Add("dog")

        ' Creates and initializes the source ICollection.
        Dim mySourceList As New Queue()
        mySourceList.Enqueue("big")
        mySourceList.Enqueue("gray")
        mySourceList.Enqueue("wolf")

        ' Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
        Dim mySubAL As ArrayList = myAL.GetRange(0, 5)
        Console.WriteLine("Index 0 through 4 contains:")
        PrintValues(mySubAL, vbTab)

        ' Replaces the values of five elements starting at index 1 with the values in the ICollection.
        myAL.SetRange(1, mySourceList)

        ' Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
        mySubAL = myAL.GetRange(0, 5)
        Console.WriteLine("Index 0 through 4 now contains:")
        PrintValues(mySubAL, vbTab)

    End Sub 'Main

    Public Shared Sub PrintValues(myList As IEnumerable, mySeparator As Char)
        Dim obj As [Object]
        For Each obj In  myList
            Console.Write("{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj)
        Next obj
        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub 'PrintValues

End Class 'SamplesArrayList 


' This code produces the following output.
' 
' Index 0 through 4 contains:
'         The     quick   brown   fox     jumped
' Index 0 through 4 now contains:
'         The     big     gray    wolf    jumped

using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesArrayList  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
      ArrayList myAL = new ArrayList();
      myAL.Add( "The" );
      myAL.Add( "quick" );
      myAL.Add( "brown" );
      myAL.Add( "fox" );
      myAL.Add( "jumped" );
      myAL.Add( "over" );
      myAL.Add( "the" );
      myAL.Add( "lazy" );
      myAL.Add( "dog" );

      // Creates and initializes the source ICollection.
      Queue mySourceList = new Queue();
      mySourceList.Enqueue( "big" );
      mySourceList.Enqueue( "gray" );
      mySourceList.Enqueue( "wolf" );

      // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
      ArrayList mySubAL = myAL.GetRange( 0, 5 );
      Console.WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 contains:" );
      PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );

      // Replaces the values of five elements starting at index 1 with the values in the ICollection.
      myAL.SetRange( 1, mySourceList );

      // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
      mySubAL = myAL.GetRange( 0, 5 );
      Console.WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 now contains:" );
      PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );

   }

   public static void PrintValues( IEnumerable myList, char mySeparator )  {
      foreach ( Object obj in myList )
         Console.Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj );
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

}


/* 
This code produces the following output.

Index 0 through 4 contains:
        The     quick   brown   fox     jumped
Index 0 through 4 now contains:
        The     big     gray    wolf    jumped
*/

C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myList, char mySeparator );
int main()
{
   
   // Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
   ArrayList^ myAL = gcnew ArrayList;
   myAL->Add( "The" );
   myAL->Add( "quick" );
   myAL->Add( "brown" );
   myAL->Add( "fox" );
   myAL->Add( "jumped" );
   myAL->Add( "over" );
   myAL->Add( "the" );
   myAL->Add( "lazy" );
   myAL->Add( "dog" );
   
   // Creates and initializes the source ICollection.
   Queue^ mySourceList = gcnew Queue;
   mySourceList->Enqueue( "big" );
   mySourceList->Enqueue( "gray" );
   mySourceList->Enqueue( "wolf" );
   
   // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
   ArrayList^ mySubAL = myAL->GetRange( 0, 5 );
   Console::WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 contains:" );
   PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );
   
   // Replaces the values of five elements starting at index 1 with the values in the ICollection.
   myAL->SetRange( 1, mySourceList );
   
   // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
   mySubAL = myAL->GetRange( 0, 5 );
   Console::WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 now contains:" );
   PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );
}

void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myList, char mySeparator )
{
   IEnumerator^ myEnum = myList->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      Object^ obj = safe_cast<Object^>(myEnum->Current);
      Console::Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
}

/* 
 This code produces the following output.
 
 Index 0 through 4 contains:
         The     quick   brown   fox     jumped
 Index 0 through 4 now contains:
         The     big     gray    wolf    jumped
 */

import System.*;
import System.Collections.*;

public class SamplesArrayList
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
        ArrayList myAL = new ArrayList();

        myAL.Add("The");
        myAL.Add("quick");
        myAL.Add("brown");
        myAL.Add("fox");
        myAL.Add("jumped");
        myAL.Add("over");
        myAL.Add("the");
        myAL.Add("lazy");
        myAL.Add("dog");

        // Creates and initializes the source ICollection.
        Queue mySourceList = new Queue();

        mySourceList.Enqueue("big");
        mySourceList.Enqueue("gray");
        mySourceList.Enqueue("wolf");

        // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
        ArrayList mySubAL = myAL.GetRange(0, 5);

        Console.WriteLine("Index 0 through 4 contains:");
        PrintValues(mySubAL, '\t');

        // Replaces the values of five elements starting at index 1 with the 
        // values in the ICollection.
        myAL.SetRange(1, mySourceList);

        // Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
        mySubAL = myAL.GetRange(0, 5);
        Console.WriteLine("Index 0 through 4 now contains:");
        PrintValues(mySubAL, '\t');
    } //main

    public static void PrintValues(IEnumerable myList, char mySeparator)
    {
        IEnumerator objMyEnum = myList.GetEnumerator();
        while (objMyEnum.MoveNext()) {
            Object obj = objMyEnum.get_Current();
            Console.Write("{0}{1}", (Char)mySeparator, obj);
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    } //PrintValues
} //SamplesArrayList 

/* 
 This code produces the following output.
 
 Index 0 through 4 contains:
         The     quick   brown   fox     jumped
 Index 0 through 4 now contains:
         The     big     gray    wolf    jumped
 */

JScript

import System;
import System.Collections;

// Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
var myAL : ArrayList = new ArrayList();
myAL.Add( "The" );
myAL.Add( "quick" );
myAL.Add( "brown" );
myAL.Add( "fox" );
myAL.Add( "jumped" );
myAL.Add( "over" );
myAL.Add( "the" );
myAL.Add( "lazy" );
myAL.Add( "dog" );

// Creates and initializes the source ICollection.
var mySourceList : Queue = new Queue();
mySourceList.Enqueue( "big" );
mySourceList.Enqueue( "gray" );
mySourceList.Enqueue( "wolf" );

// Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
var mySubAL : ArrayList  = myAL.GetRange( 0, 5 );
Console.WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 contains:" );
PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );

// Replaces the values of five elements starting at index 1 with the values in the ICollection.
myAL.SetRange( 1, mySourceList );

// Displays the values of five elements starting at index 0.
mySubAL = myAL.GetRange( 0, 5 );
Console.WriteLine( "Index 0 through 4 now contains:" );
PrintValues( mySubAL, '\t' );
 
function PrintValues( myList : IEnumerable, mySeparator : char  )  {
   var myEnumerator : System.Collections.IEnumerator  = myList.GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnumerator.MoveNext() )
      Console.Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, myEnumerator.Current );
   Console.WriteLine();
}
 /* 
 This code produces the following output.
 
 Index 0 through 4 contains:
     The    quick    brown    fox    jumped
 Index 0 through 4 now contains:
     The    big    gray    wolf    jumped
 */

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

ArrayList Class
ArrayList Members
System.Collections Namespace
RemoveRange
AddRange
InsertRange
SetRange