MemoryStream.Position Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.IO

Assembly:: System.IO.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.Extensions.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: MemoryStream.cs

Source:: MemoryStream.cs

Source:: MemoryStream.cs

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Gets or sets the current position within the stream.

public:
 virtual property long Position { long get(); void set(long value); };

public override long Position { get; set; }

member this.Position : int64 with get, set

Public Overrides Property Position As Long

Property Value

Int64

The current position within the stream.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The position is set to a negative value or a value greater than Int32.MaxValue.

ObjectDisposedException

The stream is closed.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MemoryStream class.

// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console::WriteLine( "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, "
"Position = {2}\n", memStream->Capacity.ToString(), memStream->Length.ToString(), memStream->Position.ToString() );

// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}\n",
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(),
    memStream.Length.ToString(),
    memStream.Position.ToString());

' Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine( _
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}", _
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(), _
    memStream.Length.ToString(), _
    memStream.Position.ToString())

Applies to

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