Convert a Hashset to an Array In. Net
How Do I Convert a Hashset to an Array In. Net? 2 4 Answers Use the Hashset. Copyto Method. This Method Copies the Items from the Hashset to an Array. So Given...
How do I convert a HashSet<T> to an array in .NET?
4 Answers
Use the HashSet<T>.CopyTo method. This method copies the items from the HashSet<T> to an array.
So given a HashSet<String> called stringSet you would do something like this:
String[] stringArray = new String[stringSet.Count];
stringSet.CopyTo(stringArray);
If you mean System.Collections.Generic.HashSet, it's kind of hard since that class does not exist prior to framework 3.5.
If you mean you're on 3.5, just use ToArray since HashSet implements IEnumerable, e.g.
using System.Linq;
...
HashSet<int> hs = ...
int[] entries = hs.ToArray();
If you have your own HashSet class, it's hard to say.
I guess
function T[] ToArray<T>(ICollection<T> collection)
{
T[] result = new T[collection.Count];
int i = 0;
foreach(T val in collection)
{
result[i++] = val;
}
}
as for any ICollection<T> implementation.
Actually in fact as you must reference System.Core to use the HashSet<T> class you might as well use it :
T[] myArray = System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray(hashSet);
Now you can do it even simpler, with List<T> constructor (Lists are modern Arrays :).
E. g., in PowerShell:
$MyNewArray = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new($MySet)
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