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ToArray  
Method  
Copies elements from the Queue to a new single dimension array
Queue Class
System.Collections NameSpace
CF1.  Function ToArray ( ) : System.Array;
CF : Methods with this mark are Compact Framework Compatible
Description
The ToArray method builds a new Array, and fills it with all the element values from the current Queue.
 
Just like CopyTo, ToArray performs a shallow copy. When the current Queue holds reference (non primitive) data types, the target array element values still refer to the same objects that current queue elements refer to. This is what is referred to as a shallow copy. A deep copy would create new versions of the referred objects.
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System.Collections.Queue
 
 
A simple example
// Full Unit code.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Create a new WinForm application, double click the form to
// create an OnLoad event, and then replace the WinForm unit
// with this text.
 
unit WinForm;
 
interface
 
uses
  System.Drawing, System.Collections, System.ComponentModel,
System.Windows.Forms, System.Data;
 
type
  TWinForm = class(System.Windows.Forms.Form)
  \{REGION 'Designer Managed Code'\} // Note that REGION and ENREGION should be prefixed by a dollar sign
  strict private
    ///
    /// Required designer variable.
    ///

    Components: System.ComponentModel.Container;
    ///
    /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
    /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ///

    procedure InitializeComponent;
    procedure TWinForm_Load(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
  {ENDREGION}
  strict protected
    ///
    /// Clean up any resources being used.
    ///

    procedure Dispose(Disposing: Boolean); override;
  private
    { Private Declarations }
  public
    constructor Create;
  end;
 
  [assembly: RuntimeRequiredAttribute(TypeOf(TWinForm))]
 
implementation
 
\{REGION 'Windows Form Designer generated code'\}
///
/// Required method for Designer support -- do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///

 
 
procedure TWinForm.InitializeComponent;
begin
  //
  // TWinForm
  //
  Self.AutoScaleBaseSize := System.Drawing.Size.Create(5, 13);
  Self.ClientSize := System.Drawing.Size.Create(292, 266);
  Self.Name := 'TWinForm';
  Self.Text := 'WinForm';
  Include(Self.Load, Self.TWinForm_Load);
end;
{ENDREGION}
 
procedure TWinForm.Dispose(Disposing: Boolean);
begin
  if Disposing then
  begin
    if Components <> nil then
      Components.Dispose();
  end;
  inherited Dispose(Disposing);
end;
 
constructor TWinForm.Create;
begin
  inherited Create;
  //
  // Required for Windows Form Designer support
  //
  InitializeComponent;
  //
  // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
  //
end;
 
procedure TWinForm.TWinForm_Load(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  System.Collections;

var
  MyQueue : System.Collections.Queue;
  MyArray : System.Array;
  i       : Integer;

begin
  // Create our queue
  MyQueue := Queue.Create;

  // Fill it
  MyQueue.EnQueue('Data');
  MyQueue.EnQueue('from');
  MyQueue.EnQueue('a');
  MyQueue.EnQueue('Queue');

  // Copy to the array
  MyArray := MyQueue.ToArray;

  // Display the array contents
  for i := 0 to MyArray.Length-1 do
    Console.WriteLine(MyArray.GetValue(i).ToString);

  Console.Readline;
end.
 
end.
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  Data
  from
  a
  Queue
 
 
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