Is List a value type or a reference type?

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behnam picture behnam · Apr 11, 2016 · Viewed 14.5k times · Source

Is List a value type or a reference type?

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Fabien PERRONNET picture Fabien PERRONNET · Apr 11, 2016

List is a reference type since it's a class.

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