System Namespace   Array Class

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Returns the number of elements in the specified dimension of the Array.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Public Function GetLength ( _
   ByVal dimension As Integer _
) As Integer

[ C# ]
[Serializable]
public int GetLength (
   int dimension
);

[ C++ ]
[Serializable]
public: int GetLength (
   int dimension
);

[JScript ]
public Serializable
function GetLength (
   dimension : int
) : int;

dimension

A zero-based dimension of the Array whose length needs to be determined.

The number of elements in the specified dimension.

Exception Type	Condition
IndexOutOfRangeException	dimension is less than zero. -or- dimension is equal to or greater than Rank.

An example of GetLength is GetLength ( 0 ), which returns the number of elements in the first dimension of the Array.

Array Members   Length   ICollection.Count   Rank

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