ListItemCollection.CopyTo(Array, Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Copies the items from the ListItemCollection to the specified Array, starting with the specified index.

public:
 virtual void CopyTo(Array ^ array, int index);

public void CopyTo (Array array, int index);

abstract member CopyTo : Array * int -> unit
override this.CopyTo : Array * int -> unit

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

Parameters

array: Array

A zero-based Array that receives the copied items from the ListItemCollection.

index: Int32

The first index in the specified Array to receive the items.

Implements

CopyTo(Array, Int32)

Examples

// Copy the items in the ListItemCollection to an array before 
// deleting them.     
ListItem[] myListItemArray = new ListItem[ListBox1.Items.Count];
ListBox1.Items.CopyTo(myListItemArray, 0);

// Delete all the items from the ListBox.
ListBox1.Items.Clear();
DeleteLabel.Text = "<b>All items in the ListBox were deleted successfully." 
    + "</b><br /><b>The deleted items are:";
String listResults="";
    foreach(ListItem myItem in myListItemArray)
    {
        listResults = listResults + myItem.Text + "<br />";
    }
ResultsLabel.Text = listResults;

' Copy the items in the ListListBox1.Items to an array before 
' deleting them.     
Dim myListItemArray(ListBox1.Items.Count - 1) As ListItem
ListBox1.Items.CopyTo(myListItemArray, 0)

' Delete all the items from the ListBox.
ListBox1.Items.Clear()
DeleteLabel.Text = "<b>All items in the ListBox were deleted successfully." & _
                   "</b><br /><b>The deleted items are:"
Dim listResults As [String] = ""
Dim myItem2 As ListItem
For Each myItem2 In myListItemArray
    listResults = listResults & myItem2.Text & "<br />"
Next myItem2
ResultsLabel.Text = listResults

Remarks

Use this method to copy the contents of the ListItemCollection into the specified System.Array, starting at the specified index.

Note

The array parameter must be a zero-based System.Array.

Applies to