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Collection<T>.CopyTo Method

Visual Studio 2010

Copies the entire Collection<T> to a compatible one-dimensional Array, starting at the specified index of the target array.

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

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public void CopyTo(
	T[] array,
	int index
)

Parameters

array
Type: T[]
The one-dimensional Array that is the destination of the elements copied from Collection<T>. The Array must have zero-based indexing.
index
Type: System.Int32
The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.

Implements

ICollection<T>.CopyTo(T[], Int32)

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

array is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero.

ArgumentException

The number of elements in the source Collection<T> is greater than the available space from index to the end of the destination array.

This method uses Array.Copy to copy the elements.

The elements are copied to the Array in the same order in which the enumerator iterates through the Collection<T>.

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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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