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StreamWriter.Write Method (array<Char[])

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When it is called by trusted applications, writes a character array to the stream.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Sub Write ( _
    buffer As Char() _
)

public override void Write(
    char[] buffer
)

Parameters

  • buffer
    Type: array<System.Char[]
    A character array containing the data to write. If buffer is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), nothing is written.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
IOException

An I/O error occurs.
ObjectDisposedException

AutoFlush is true or the StreamWriter buffer is full, and current writer is closed.
NotSupportedException

AutoFlush is true or the StreamWriter buffer is full, and the contents of the buffer cannot be written to the underlying fixed size stream because the StreamWriter is at the end the stream.

Remarks

This method overrides TextWriter.Write.

The specified characters are written to the underlying stream unless the end of the stream is reached prematurely. If AutoFlush is true, Flush is invoked automatically.

This method might provide faster performance than Write because it has fewer arguments to check.

Platform Notes

Silverlight for Windows Phone Silverlight for Windows Phone

 StreamWriter.Write may throw IndexOutOfRangeException if the stream state becomes corrupted. On Silverlight for Windows Phone, the stream state may become corrupted if multiple threads write to or read from a stream object without using synchronization.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.