CharEnumerator.MoveNext Method

public:
 virtual bool MoveNext();

public bool MoveNext ();

abstract member MoveNext : unit -> bool
override this.MoveNext : unit -> bool

Public Function MoveNext () As Boolean

Returns

true if the index is successfully incremented and within the enumerated string; otherwise, false.

Implements

Examples

The following example uses the CharEnumerator class to enumerate the individual characters in a string. It instantiates a CharEnumerator object by calling the String.GetEnumerator method, moves from one character to the next by calling the MoveNext method, and displays the current character by retrieving the value of the Current property.

String ^ title = "A Tale of Two Cities";
CharEnumerator ^ chEnum = title->GetEnumerator();
int ctr = 1;
String ^ outputLine1 = nullptr;
String ^ outputLine2 = nullptr;
String ^ outputLine3 = nullptr; 

while (chEnum->MoveNext())
{
   outputLine1 += ctr < 10 || ctr % 10 != 0 ? "  " : (ctr / 10) + " ";
   outputLine2 += (ctr % 10) + " ";
   outputLine3 += chEnum->Current + " ";
   ctr++;
}

Console::WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:", 
                  title->Length);
Console::WriteLine(outputLine1);
Console::WriteLine(outputLine2);    
Console::WriteLine(outputLine3);
// The example displays the following output to the console:      
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

string title = "A Tale of Two Cities";
CharEnumerator chEnum = title.GetEnumerator();
int ctr = 1;
string outputLine1 = null;
string outputLine2 = null;
string outputLine3 = null;

while (chEnum.MoveNext())
{
   outputLine1 += ctr < 10 || ctr % 10 != 0 ? "  " : (ctr / 10) + " ";
   outputLine2 += (ctr % 10) + " ";
   outputLine3 += chEnum.Current + " ";
   ctr++;
}

Console.WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:",
                  title.Length);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine1);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine2);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine3);
// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

let title = "A Tale of Two Cities"
let chEnum = title.GetEnumerator()

printfn $"The length of the string is {title.Length} characters:"

let mutable outputLine1 = ""
let mutable outputLine2 = ""
let mutable outputLine3 = ""
let mutable i = 1

while chEnum.MoveNext() do
    outputLine1 <- outputLine1 + if i < 10 || i % 10 <> 0 then "  " else $"{i / 10} "
    outputLine2 <- outputLine2 + $"{i % 10} ";
    outputLine3 <- outputLine3 + $"{chEnum.Current} "
    i <- i + 1

printfn "%s" outputLine1
printfn "%s" outputLine2
printfn "%s" outputLine3

// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

Dim title As String = "A Tale of Two Cities"
Dim chEnum As CharEnumerator = title.GetEnumerator()
Dim ctr As Integer = 1
Dim outputLine1, outputLine2, outputLine3 As String 

Do While chEnum.MoveNext()
   outputLine1 += CStr(iif(ctr < 10 Or ctr Mod 10 <> 0, "  ", CStr(ctr \ 10) + " ")) 
   outputLine2 += (ctr Mod 10)& " "
   outputLine3 += chEnum.Current & " "
   ctr += 1
Loop

Console.WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:", _
                  title.Length)
Console.WriteLine(outputLine1)
Console.WriteLine(outputLine2)    
Console.WriteLine(outputLine3)
' The example displays the following output to the console:      
'       The length of the string is 20 characters:
'                         1                   2
'       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
'       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

Note, however, that the same operation can be performed somewhat more intuitively by using foreach (in C#) or For Each (in Visual Basic), as the following example shows.

String ^ title = "A Tale of Two Cities";
int ctr = 1;
String ^ outputLine1 = nullptr;
String ^ outputLine2 = nullptr;
String ^ outputLine3 = nullptr; 

for each (wchar_t ch in title)
{
   outputLine1 += ctr < 10 || ctr % 10 != 0 ? "  " : (ctr / 10) + " ";
   outputLine2 += (ctr % 10) + " ";
   outputLine3 += ch + " ";
   ctr++;
}

Console::WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:", 
                  title->Length);
Console::WriteLine(outputLine1);
Console::WriteLine(outputLine2);    
Console::WriteLine(outputLine3);
// The example displays the following output to the console:      
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

string title = "A Tale of Two Cities";
int ctr = 1;
string outputLine1 = null;
string outputLine2 = null;
string outputLine3 = null;

foreach (char ch in title)
{
   outputLine1 += ctr < 10 || ctr % 10 != 0 ? "  " : (ctr / 10) + " ";
   outputLine2 += (ctr % 10) + " ";
   outputLine3 += ch + " ";
   ctr++;
}

Console.WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:",
                  title.Length);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine1);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine2);
Console.WriteLine(outputLine3);
// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

let title = "A Tale of Two Cities"
let chEnum = title.GetEnumerator()

printfn $"The length of the string is {title.Length} characters:"

let mutable outputLine1 = ""
let mutable outputLine2 = ""
let mutable outputLine3 = ""
let mutable i = 1

for ch in title do
    outputLine1 <- outputLine1 + if i < 10 || i % 10 <> 0 then "  " else $"{i / 10} "
    outputLine2 <- outputLine2 + $"{i % 10} ";
    outputLine3 <- outputLine3 + $"{ch} "
    i <- i + 1

printfn "%s" outputLine1
printfn "%s" outputLine2
printfn "%s" outputLine3

// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       The length of the string is 20 characters:
//                         1                   2
//       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
//       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

Dim title As String = "A Tale of Two Cities"
Dim ctr As Integer = 1
Dim outputLine1, outputLine2, outputLine3 As String 

For Each ch As Char In title
   outputLine1 += CStr(iif(ctr < 10 Or ctr Mod 10 <> 0, "  ", CStr(ctr \ 10) + " ")) 
   outputLine2 += (ctr Mod 10)& " "
   outputLine3 += ch & " "
   ctr += 1
Next

Console.WriteLine("The length of the string is {0} characters:", _
                  title.Length)
Console.WriteLine(outputLine1)
Console.WriteLine(outputLine2)    
Console.WriteLine(outputLine3)
' The example displays the following output to the console:      
'       The length of the string is 20 characters:
'                         1                   2
'       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
'       A   T a l e   o f   T w o   C i t i e s

Remarks

The CharEnumerator class maintains an internal index to the enumerated string, and the MoveNext method increments the index by one. Call MoveNext after calling GetEnumerator or Reset to increment the current character position to the first character in the enumerated string. Check that the return value is true to determine that the current character position is valid.

If the index is already beyond the last character of the enumerated string, the index is not changed and false is returned.

Notice that if the enumerated string is empty (""), the state of the CharEnumerator is always invalid. This is because the internal index for the CharEnumerator is initially before the first character of the enumerated string and is therefore invalid. MoveNext logically sets the index after the last (nonexistent) character of the enumerated string which is also invalid.

Applies to