System Namespace   String Class

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Copies a specified number of characters from a specified position in the given String to a specified position in an array of Unicode characters.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Public Sub CopyTo ( _
   ByVal sourceIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal destination ( ) As Char, _
   ByVal destinationIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
)

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public void CopyTo (
   int sourceIndex,
   char [ ] destination,
   int destinationIndex,
   int count
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: void CopyTo (
   int sourceIndex,
   __wchar_t destination __gc [ ],
   int destinationIndex,
   int count
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function CopyTo (
   sourceIndex : int,
   destination : Char [ ],
   destinationIndex : int,
   count : int
);

sourceIndex

A character position in the given String.

destination

An array of Unicode characters.

destinationIndex

An array element in destination.

count

The number of characters in the given String to copy to destination.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	destination is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	sourceIndex, destinationIndex, or count is negative -or- count is greater than the length of the substring from startIndex to the end of this instance -or- count is greater than the length of the subarray from destinationIndex to the end of destination

count characters are copied from the sourceIndex position of this instance to the destinationIndex position of destination.

sourceIndex and destinationIndex are zero-based.

String Members   Char   Int32   Insert   Substring

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