OpCodes.Sizeof Field

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Pushes the size, in bytes, of a supplied value type onto the evaluation stack.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Sizeof As OpCode
public static readonly OpCode Sizeof

Remarks

The following table lists the instruction's hexadecimal and Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) assembly format, along with a brief reference summary:

Format

Assembly Format

Description

FE 1C < T >

sizeof valType

Push the size, in bytes, of a value type as an unsigned int32.

The stack transitional behavior, in sequential order, is:

  1. The size (in bytes) of the supplied value type (valType) is pushed onto the stack.

ValType must be a metadata token (a typeref or typedef) that specifies a value type.

The following Emit method overload can use the sizeof opcode:

  • ILGenerator.Emit(OpCode, Type)

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

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