A reference variable is used to refer to or give access to an object. A reference variable is declared to be of a particular type and that type can not be altered.
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A reference variable is used to refer to (or access) an object. A reference variable is declared to be of a specific type and that type can never be changed. Ex: ArrayList lst = new ArrayList(); The above line creates a reference variable lst which refers to an ArrayList object
In C#, a reference type [of object] is an object created from a class, a value type is an object created from a struct. 2 value type of objects are identical if their value/state are the same, while reference type are identical only if their storage address are the same. In C#, unless you can look at the definition of an object, usually you don't know the object is a value type or reference type. public struct MyThing {} public class Toy {} MyThing cat = new MyThing(); MyThing dog = new MyThing(); Console.WriteLine(cat yours); // False
Array is a class name, hence ought to be a value type.
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if a variable is of value type memory is allocated on stack memory.. if it is of reference type,memory is allocated on heap memory..