String Constructor ( Char [ ] )

System Namespace String Class

Initializes a new instance of the String class to the value indicated by a specified pointer to an array of Unicode characters.

This constructor is not CLS-compliant. For more information about CLS compliance, see What is the Common Language Specification.

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
unsafe public String (
   char* value
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: String (
   __wchar_t* value
);

[ VB ] This constructor cannot be used in Visual Basic.

[ JScript ] This constructor cannot be used in JScript.

value: A pointer to a null terminated array of Unicode characters.

If value is a null pointer, an Empty instance is initialized.

This constructor copies the sequence of Unicode charaters at the specified pointer until a null character ( hexadecimal 0x00 ) is reached.

If the specified array is not null-terminated, the behavior of this constructor is system dependent. For example, such a situation might cause an access violation.

In C#, this constructor is defined only in the context of unmanaged code.

String Members String Constructor Overload List Char

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String Constructor ( Char* )

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