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Array::Length Property

Gets a 32-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public:
property int Length {
	int get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int32
A 32-bit integer that represents the total number of elements in all the dimensions of the Array; zero if there are no elements in the array.
ExceptionCondition
OverflowException

The array is multidimensional and contains more than MaxValue elements.

Retrieving the value of this property is an O(1) operation.

The following code example demonstrates methods to get the length of an array.

using namespace System;

public ref class SamplesArray
{
public:
    static void Main()
    {
        // make a single dimension array
        Array^ MyArray1 = Array::CreateInstance(int::typeid, 5);

        // make a 3 dimensional array
        Array^ MyArray2 = Array::CreateInstance(int::typeid, 5, 3, 2);

        // make an array container
        Array^ BossArray = Array::CreateInstance(Array::typeid, 2);
        BossArray->SetValue(MyArray1, 0);
        BossArray->SetValue(MyArray2, 1);

        int i = 0, j, rank;
        for each (Array^ anArray in BossArray)
        {
            rank = anArray->Rank;
            if (rank > 1)
            {
                Console::WriteLine("Lengths of {0:d} dimension array[{1:d}]", rank, i);
                // show the lengths of each dimension 
                for (j = 0; j < rank; j++)
                {
                    Console::WriteLine("    Length of dimension({0:d}) = {1:d}", j, anArray->GetLength(j));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console::WriteLine("Lengths of single dimension array[{0:d}]", i);
            }
            // show the total length of the entire array or all dimensions
            Console::WriteLine("    Total length of the array = {0:d}", anArray->Length);
            Console::WriteLine();
            i++;
        }
    }
};

int main()
{
    SamplesArray::Main();
}

/*
This code produces the following output:

Lengths of single dimension array[0]
    Total length of the array = 5

Lengths of 3 dimension array[1]
    Length of dimension(0) = 5
    Length of dimension(1) = 3
    Length of dimension(2) = 2
    Total length of the array = 30
*/

.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

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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