Array.CreateInstance Method (Type, Int32[], Int32[])

ArrayCreateInstance Method (Type, Int32, Int32)

Creates a multidimensional Array of the specified Type and dimension lengths, with the specified lower bounds.

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

Syntax

public static Array CreateInstance(
	Type elementType,
	int[] lengths,
	int[] lowerBounds
)

elementType: Type: SystemType
The Type of the Array to create.
lengths: Type: SystemInt32
A one-dimensional array that contains the size of each dimension of the Array to create.
lowerBounds: Type: SystemInt32
A one-dimensional array that contains the lower bound (starting index) of each dimension of the Array to create.

Type: Array
A new multidimensional Array of the specified Type with the specified length and lower bound for each dimension.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	elementType is null.-or-lengths is null.-or-lowerBounds is null.
ArgumentException	elementType is not a valid Type.-or-The lengths array contains less than one element.-or-The lengths and lowerBounds arrays do not contain the same number of elements.
NotSupportedException	elementType is not supported. For example, Void is not supported. -or-elementType is an open generic type.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Any value in lengths is less than zero.-or-Any value in lowerBounds is very large, such that the sum of a dimension's lower bound and length is greater than MaxValue.