RegEx.MatchCollection.CopyTo method fails!

[Mortimer Schnurd]

Has anyone had any luck getting this CopyTo method to work?

I can iterate through a MatchCollection and move each Match.Value to
the System.Array without a problem. I just can't figure out why the
CopyTo method will not work.

Example:
// Find all the Tables in an html string (page)
MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(html, "<table.+</table");
string[] t = new string[mc.Count];
mc.CopyTo(t, 0);

ERROR HERE IS:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred
in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: At least one element in the source array could
not be cast down to the destination array type.

-*-*-*-*-*
In my particular case, mc.Count = 4. If I use a for each loop to
iterate through and set each element of the array, there is no problem
whatsoever.

TIA for any information that may help me to understand why the CopyTo
did not work.

--
John Wood a.k.a. Mortimer Schnurd

[Brian Davis]

The array t should be an array of Match objects, not strings.

Brian Davis
http://www.knowdotnet.com

"Mortimer Schnurd" <fu**********@hotsmail.com> wrote in message
news:s3********************************@4ax.com...

Has anyone had any luck getting this CopyTo method to work?

I can iterate through a MatchCollection and move each Match.Value to
the System.Array without a problem. I just can't figure out why the
CopyTo method will not work.

Example:
// Find all the Tables in an html string (page)
MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(html, "<table.+</table");
string[] t = new string[mc.Count];
mc.CopyTo(t, 0);

ERROR HERE IS:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred
in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: At least one element in the source array could
not be cast down to the destination array type.

-*-*-*-*-*
In my particular case, mc.Count = 4. If I use a for each loop to
iterate through and set each element of the array, there is no problem
whatsoever.

TIA for any information that may help me to understand why the CopyTo
did not work.

--
John Wood a.k.a. Mortimer Schnurd

[Mortimer Schnurd]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:31:49 -0400, in msg
<#c**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Brian Davis" <@> wrote:

The array t should be an array of Match objects, not strings.

Brian Davis
http://www.knowdotnet.com

That was it!

Thanks for the help.

MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(html, "<table.+</table");
Match[] t = new Match[mc.Count];
mc.CopyTo(t,0);

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JW