String.CopyTo Method

StringCopyTo Method

Copies a specified number of characters from a specified position in this instance to a specified position in an array of Unicode characters.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

Syntax

public void CopyTo(
	int sourceIndex,
	char[] destination,
	int destinationIndex,
	int count
)

sourceIndex: Type: SystemInt32
The index of the first character in this instance to copy.
destination: Type: SystemChar
An array of Unicode characters to which characters in this instance are copied.
destinationIndex: Type: SystemInt32
The index in destination at which the copy operation begins.
count: Type: SystemInt32
The number of characters in this instance to copy to destination.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	destination is null.
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