Arrays passed by reference or by value

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Are arrays or lists passed by default by reference in c#?

I have read some contradicting posts on here about C# and whether arrays are passed by value or by reference. Could someone clarify whether C# arrays are passed by value or by reference?

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/967402/are-arrays-or-lists-passed-by-default-by-reference-in-c — Bruno Costa, Feb 07 '12 at 18:53

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '12 at 18:53

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The reference to the array is passed by value. This is the source of the confusion :-)

answered Feb 07 '12 at 18:53

Krzysztof Kozielczyk

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 18:57

When you change elements inside array, inside a function it will affect array outside of that function but it not means that it is passed by reference by default :).

You can see this for more clarification http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/szasx730(v=vs.71).aspx

Arrays passed by reference or by value

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