ICollection.CopyTo Method (System.Collections)

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CopyTo Method

.NET Framework Class Library

ICollection..::.CopyTo Method

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

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Sub CopyTo ( _
    array As Array, _
    index As Integer _
)

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ICollection
Dim array As Array
Dim index As Integer

instance.CopyTo(array, index)

void CopyTo(
    Array array,
    int index
)

Visual C++

void CopyTo(
    Array^ array, 
    int index
)

JScript

function CopyTo(
    array : Array, 
    index : int
)

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 nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
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.
ArgumentException	The type of the source ICollection cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

Platforms

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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

ICollection Interface

ICollection Members

System.Collections Namespace