ICollection<T>.CopyTo Method

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Copies the elements of the ICollection<T> to an Array, starting at a particular Array index.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub CopyTo ( _
    array As T(), _
    arrayIndex As Integer _
)

void CopyTo(
    T[] array,
    int arrayIndex
)

array
Type: array<T[]
The one-dimensional Array that is the destination of the elements copied from ICollection<T>. The Array must have zero-based indexing.

arrayIndex
Type: System.Int32
The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	array is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	arrayIndex is less than 0.
ArgumentException	array is multidimensional. -or- The number of elements in the source ICollection<T> is greater than the available space from arrayIndex to the end of the destination array. -or- Type T cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

array is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

arrayIndex is less than 0.

array is multidimensional.

-or-

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

-or-

Type T cannot be cast automatically to the type of the destination array.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

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