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ICollection.CopyTo Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Copies the elements of the ICollection to an Array, starting at a particular Array index.

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

void CopyTo(
	Array array,
	int index
)

Parameters

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

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

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	array is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index is less than zero.
ArgumentException	array is multidimensional. -or- The number of elements in the source ICollection is greater than the available space from index to the end of the destination array. -or- The type of the source ICollection cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

Exception

Condition

ArgumentNullException

array is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero.

ArgumentException

array is multidimensional.

-or-

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

-or-

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

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.

Reference

ICollection Interface

System.Collections Namespace

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