SetRange Method
.NET Framework Class Library
ArrayList..::.SetRange Method

Copies the elements of a collection over a range of elements in the ArrayList.

Namespace:  System.Collections
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Sub SetRange ( _
    index As Integer, _
    c As ICollection _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As ArrayList
Dim index As Integer
Dim c As ICollection

instance.SetRange(index, c)
C#
public virtual void SetRange(
    int index,
    ICollection c
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual void SetRange(
    int index, 
    ICollection^ c
)
JScript
public function SetRange(
    index : int, 
    c : ICollection
)

Parameters

index
Type: System..::.Int32
The zero-based ArrayList index at which to start copying the elements of c.
c
Type: System.Collections..::.ICollection
The ICollection whose elements to copy to the ArrayList. The collection itself cannot be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), but it can contain elements that are nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero.

-or-

index plus the number of elements in c is greater than Count.

ArgumentNullException

c is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

NotSupportedException

The ArrayList is read-only.

ArrayList accepts nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) as a valid value and allows duplicate elements.

The order of the elements in the ICollection is preserved in the ArrayList.

This method is an O(n + 1) operation, where n is Count.

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

C#
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
*/ 
Visual 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
 */
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
 */ 

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

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.NET Framework

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