C# / .NET - convert string to character array

In this article, we would like to show you how to convert a string to a character array in C#.

Practical example

The following example shows how to obtain a character array from a string instance using the ToCharArray() method.

using System;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string sampleString = "Sample text";
        char[] charArray = sampleString.ToCharArray();

        foreach (char charElement in charArray)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(charElement);
        }
    }
}

Output: 

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