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ToArray Method

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Writes the stream contents to a byte array, regardless of the Position property.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function ToArray As Byte()
public virtual byte[] ToArray()
public:
virtual array<unsigned char>^ ToArray()
abstract ToArray : unit -> byte[] 
override ToArray : unit -> byte[] 
public function ToArray() : byte[]

Return Value

Type: array<System. . :: . .Byte> [] () [] []
A new byte array.

Remarks

This method omits unused bytes in MemoryStream from the array. To get the entire buffer, use the GetBuffer method.

This method returns a copy of the contents of the MemoryStream as a byte array. If the current instance was constructed on a provided byte array, a copy of the section of the array to which this instance has access is returned. See the #ctor constructor for details.

Note

This method works when the MemoryStream is closed.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

MemoryStream Class

System.IO Namespace