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Array::GetLowerBound Method

Gets the lower bound of the specified dimension in the Array.

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

public:
int GetLowerBound(
	int dimension
)

Parameters

dimension
Type: System::Int32
A zero-based dimension of the Array whose lower bound needs to be determined.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32
The lower bound of the specified dimension in the Array.

ExceptionCondition
IndexOutOfRangeException

dimension is less than zero.

-or-

dimension is equal to or greater than Rank.

GetLowerBound(0) returns the lower bound for the indexes of the first dimension of the Array, and GetLowerBound(Rank - 1) returns the lower bound of the last dimension of the Array.

The GetLowerBound method is not affected by the number of elements in the array or if the array is empty.

This method is an O(1) operation.

The following code example uses GetLowerBound and GetUpperBound to initialize a one-dimensional array and a multidimensional array.


using namespace System;
void PrintValues( Array^ myArr );
void main()
{
   // Creates a new one-dimensional Array instance of type Int32.
   Array^ my1DIntArray = Array::CreateInstance( Int32::typeid, 5 );

   // Uses GetLowerBound and GetUpperBound in the for loop.
   for ( int i = my1DIntArray->GetLowerBound( 0 ); i <= my1DIntArray->GetUpperBound( 0 ); i++ )
      my1DIntArray->SetValue( i + 1, i );

   // Displays the bounds and values of the one-dimensional Array.
   Console::WriteLine(  "One-dimensional Array:" );
   Console::WriteLine(  "Rank\tLower\tUpper" );
   Console::WriteLine(  "{0}\t{1}\t{2}", nullptr, my1DIntArray->GetLowerBound( 0 ), my1DIntArray->GetUpperBound( 0 ) );
   Console::WriteLine(  "Values:" );
   PrintValues( my1DIntArray );
   Console::WriteLine();

   // Creates a new three-dimensional Array instance of type Int32.
   Array^ my3DIntArray = Array::CreateInstance( Int32::typeid, 2, 3, 4 );

   // Uses GetLowerBound and GetUpperBound in the for loop.
   for ( int i = my3DIntArray->GetLowerBound( 0 ); i <= my3DIntArray->GetUpperBound( 0 ); i++ )
      for ( int j = my3DIntArray->GetLowerBound( 1 ); j <= my3DIntArray->GetUpperBound( 1 ); j++ )
         for ( int k = my3DIntArray->GetLowerBound( 2 ); k <= my3DIntArray->GetUpperBound( 2 ); k++ )
         {
            my3DIntArray->SetValue( (i * 100) + (j * 10) + k, i, j, k );
         }

   // Displays the bounds and values of the multidimensional Array.
   Console::WriteLine(  "Multidimensional Array:" );
   Console::WriteLine(  "Rank\tLower\tUpper" );
   for ( int i = 0; i < my3DIntArray->Rank; i++ )
      Console::WriteLine(  "{0}\t{1}\t{2}", i, my3DIntArray->GetLowerBound( i ), my3DIntArray->GetUpperBound( i ) );
   Console::WriteLine(  "Values:" );
   PrintValues( my3DIntArray );
}

void PrintValues( Array^ myArr )
{
   System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnumerator = myArr->GetEnumerator();
   int i = 0;
   int cols = myArr->GetLength( myArr->Rank - 1 );
   while ( myEnumerator->MoveNext() )
   {
      if ( i < cols )
      {
         i++;
      }
      else
      {
         Console::WriteLine();
         i = 1;
      }

      Console::Write(  "\t{0}", myEnumerator->Current );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
}

/*
 This code produces the following output.

One-dimensional Array:
Rank    Lower   Upper
0       0       4
Values:
        1       2       3       4       5

Multidimensional Array:
Rank    Lower   Upper
0       0       1
1       0       2
2       0       3
Values:
        0       1       2       3
        10      11      12      13
        20      21      22      23
        100     101     102     103
        110     111     112     113
        120     121     122     123
*/


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.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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