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

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub CopyTo( _
   ByVal sourceIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal destination() As Char, _
   ByVal destinationIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
)
[C#]
public void CopyTo(
   int sourceIndex,
   char[] destination,
   int destinationIndex,
   int count
);
[C++]
public: void CopyTo(
   int sourceIndex,
   __wchar_t destination __gc[],
   int destinationIndex,
   int count
);
[JScript]
public function CopyTo(
   sourceIndex : int,
   destination : Char[],
   destinationIndex : int,
   count : int
);

Parameters

sourceIndex

A character position in this instance.

destination

An array of Unicode characters.

destinationIndex

An array element in destination.

count

The number of characters in this instance to copy to destination.

Exceptions

Remarks

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

sourceIndex and destinationIndex are zero-based.

Example

The following code example demonstrates the CopyTo method.

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System

Public Class CopyToTest

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Embed an array of characters in a string
        Dim strSource As String = "changed"
        Dim destination As Char() = {"T"c, "h"c, "e"c, " "c, "i"c, "n"c, "i"c, _
                    "t"c, "i"c, "a"c, "l"c, " "c, "a"c, "r"c, "r"c, "a"c, "y"c}

        ' Print the char array
        Console.WriteLine(destination)

        ' Embed the source string in the destination string
        strSource.CopyTo(0, destination, 4, strSource.Length)

        ' Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine(destination)

        strSource = "A different string"

        ' Embed only a section of the source string in the destination
        strSource.CopyTo(2, destination, 3, 9)

        ' Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine(destination)
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'CopyToTest

[C#] 
using System;

public class CopyToTest {
    public static void Main() {

        // Embed an array of characters in a string
        string strSource = "changed";
    char [] destination = { 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'i', 'n', 'i', 't', 'i', 'a', 'l', ' ',
                'a', 'r', 'r', 'a', 'y' };

        // Print the char array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );

        // Embed the source string in the destination string
        strSource.CopyTo ( 0, destination, 4, strSource.Length );

        // Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );

        strSource = "A different string";

        // Embed only a section of the source string in the destination
        strSource.CopyTo ( 2, destination, 3, 9 );

        // Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );
    }
}

[C++] 
#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;

void main()
{
   // Embed an array of characters in a string
   String* strSource = S"changed";
   Char destination[] = { 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'i', 'n', 'i', 't', 'i', 'a', 'l', ' ',
      'a', 'r', 'r', 'a', 'y' };

   // Print the char array
   Console::WriteLine(destination);

   // Embed the source string in the destination string
   strSource->CopyTo (0, destination, 4, strSource->Length);

   // Print the resulting array
   Console::WriteLine(destination);

   strSource = S"A different string";

   // Embed only a section of the source string in the destination
   strSource->CopyTo (2, destination, 3, 9);

   // Print the resulting array
   Console::WriteLine(destination);
}

[JScript] 
import System;

public class CopyToTest {
    public static function Main() : void {

        // Embed an array of characters in a string
        var strSource : String = "changed";
        var destination : char[] = "The initial array".ToCharArray();

        // Print the char array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );

        // Embed the source string in the destination string
        strSource.CopyTo ( 0, destination, 4, strSource.Length );

        // Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );

        strSource = "A different string";

        // Embed only a section of the source string in the destination
        strSource.CopyTo ( 2, destination, 3, 9 );

        // Print the resulting array
        Console.WriteLine( destination );
    }
}
CopyToTest.Main();

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework - Windows CE .NET, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard

See Also

String Class | String Members | System Namespace | Char | Int32 | Insert | Substring