It is possible to get an IntPtr from an int[] array?

Question

Greetings.

In C#: If I have an int[] array declared like this

int[] array = new array[size];

there is an way to get the IntPtr from

Answer 1

You should be able to do this without unsafe code using GCHandle. Here is a sample:

GCHandle handle = GCHandle.Alloc(array, GCHandleType.Pinned);
try
{
    IntPtr pointer = handle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
}
finally
{
    if (handle.IsAllocated)
    {
        handle.Free();
    }
}

Answer 2

Use unsafe code, like this:

unsafe
{
  fixed (int* pArray = array)
  {
    IntPtr intPtr = new IntPtr((void *) pArray);
  }
}