ArrayList.AddRange(ICollection) Method
Definition
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Adds the elements of an ICollection to the end of the ArrayList.
public:
virtual void AddRange(System::Collections::ICollection ^ c);public virtual void AddRange (System.Collections.ICollection c);abstract member AddRange : System.Collections.ICollection -> unit
override this.AddRange : System.Collections.ICollection -> unitPublic Overridable Sub AddRange (c As ICollection)Parameters
The ICollection whose elements should be added to the end of the ArrayList. The collection itself cannot be null, but it can contain elements that are null.
Exceptions
c is null.
Examples
The following code example shows how to add elements to the ArrayList.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myList, char mySeparator );
int main()
{
// Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
ArrayList^ myAL = gcnew ArrayList;
myAL->Add( "The" );
myAL->Add( "quick" );
myAL->Add( "brown" );
myAL->Add( "fox" );
// Creates and initializes a new Queue.
Queue^ myQueue = gcnew Queue;
myQueue->Enqueue( "jumps" );
myQueue->Enqueue( "over" );
myQueue->Enqueue( "the" );
myQueue->Enqueue( "lazy" );
myQueue->Enqueue( "dog" );
// Displays the ArrayList and the Queue.
Console::WriteLine( "The ArrayList initially contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myAL, '\t' );
Console::WriteLine( "The Queue initially contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myQueue, '\t' );
// Copies the Queue elements to the end of the ArrayList.
myAL->AddRange( myQueue );
// Displays the ArrayList.
Console::WriteLine( "The ArrayList now contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myAL, '\t' );
}
void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myList, char mySeparator )
{
IEnumerator^ myEnum = myList->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
Object^ obj = safe_cast<Object^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj );
}
Console::WriteLine();
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The ArrayList initially contains the following:
The quick brown fox
The Queue initially contains the following:
jumps over the lazy dog
The ArrayList now contains the following:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
*/
using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesArrayList {
public static void Main() {
// Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
ArrayList myAL = new ArrayList();
myAL.Add( "The" );
myAL.Add( "quick" );
myAL.Add( "brown" );
myAL.Add( "fox" );
// Creates and initializes a new Queue.
Queue myQueue = new Queue();
myQueue.Enqueue( "jumps" );
myQueue.Enqueue( "over" );
myQueue.Enqueue( "the" );
myQueue.Enqueue( "lazy" );
myQueue.Enqueue( "dog" );
// Displays the ArrayList and the Queue.
Console.WriteLine( "The ArrayList initially contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myAL, '\t' );
Console.WriteLine( "The Queue initially contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myQueue, '\t' );
// Copies the Queue elements to the end of the ArrayList.
myAL.AddRange( myQueue );
// Displays the ArrayList.
Console.WriteLine( "The ArrayList now contains the following:" );
PrintValues( myAL, '\t' );
}
public static void PrintValues( IEnumerable myList, char mySeparator ) {
foreach ( Object obj in myList )
Console.Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj );
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The ArrayList initially contains the following:
The quick brown fox
The Queue initially contains the following:
jumps over the lazy dog
The ArrayList now contains the following:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
*/
Imports System.Collections
Public Class SamplesArrayList
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Creates and initializes a new ArrayList.
Dim myAL As New ArrayList()
myAL.Add("The")
myAL.Add("quick")
myAL.Add("brown")
myAL.Add("fox")
' Creates and initializes a new Queue.
Dim myQueue As New Queue()
myQueue.Enqueue("jumps")
myQueue.Enqueue("over")
myQueue.Enqueue("the")
myQueue.Enqueue("lazy")
myQueue.Enqueue("dog")
' Displays the ArrayList and the Queue.
Console.WriteLine("The ArrayList initially contains the following:")
PrintValues(myAL, ControlChars.Tab)
Console.WriteLine("The Queue initially contains the following:")
PrintValues(myQueue, ControlChars.Tab)
' Copies the Queue elements to the end of the ArrayList.
myAL.AddRange(myQueue)
' Displays the ArrayList.
Console.WriteLine("The ArrayList now contains the following:")
PrintValues(myAL, ControlChars.Tab)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub PrintValues(myList As IEnumerable, mySeparator As Char)
Dim obj As [Object]
For Each obj In myList
Console.Write( "{0}{1}", mySeparator, obj )
Next obj
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub
End Class
' This code produces the following output.
'
' The ArrayList initially contains the following:
' The quick brown fox
' The Queue initially contains the following:
' jumps over the lazy dog
' The ArrayList now contains the following:
' The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Remarks
ArrayList accepts null as a valid value and allows duplicate elements.
The order of the elements in the ICollection is preserved in the ArrayList.
If the new Count (the current Count plus the size of the collection) will be greater than Capacity, the capacity of the ArrayList is increased by automatically reallocating the internal array to accommodate the new elements, and the existing elements are copied to the new array before the new elements are added.
If the ArrayList can accommodate the new elements without increasing the Capacity, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is the number of elements to be added. If the capacity needs to be increased to accommodate the new elements, this method becomes an O(n + m) operation, where n is the number of elements to be added and m is Count.
