Type.GetArrayRank Method

Gets the number of dimensions in an Array.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 containing the number of dimensions in the current Type.

Class Example
 Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
 Dim myArray(,,) As Integer = {{{12, 2, 35}, {300, 78, 33}}, _
 {{92, 42, 135}, { 30, 7, 3}}}
 Dim myType As Type = myArray.GetType()
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("myArray has {0} dimensions." & vbCrLf, _
 myType.GetArrayRank()) 
 End Sub 
End Class 
' This code example produces the following output:
'
'myArray has 3 dimensions.

using System;
class Example
{
 public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
 {
 int[,,] myArray = { { { 12, 2, 35 }, { 300, 78, 33 } }, 
 { { 92, 42, 135 }, { 30, 7, 3 } } };
 Type myType = myArray.GetType();
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("myArray has {0} dimensions.\n", 
 myType.GetArrayRank());
 }
}
/* This example produces the following output:
myArray has 3 dimensions.
 */

Type Class

System Namespace

Array

Rank