ReadOnlySpan<T>.ToArray Method

  • Reference

Definition

Namespace:
System
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
System.Memory.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Package:
System.Memory v4.5.5
Source:
ReadOnlySpan.cs
Source:
ReadOnlySpan.cs
Source:
ReadOnlySpan.cs

Copies the contents of this read-only span into a new array.

public:
 cli::array <T> ^ ToArray();
public T[] ToArray ();
member this.ToArray : unit -> 'T[]
Public Function ToArray () As T()

Returns

T[]

An array containing the data in the current span.

Remarks

This method performs a heap allocation and data copy, and therefore, should be avoided if possible. It it sometimes necessary when APIs that support ReadOnlySpan<T> are not available, but APIs that work with arrays are.

Applies to