C# dictionary value clearing out when I clear list previously assigned to it…why?

Question

Dictionary > saleItemNew = new Dictionary> ();

saleItems = new List  ();
         


        

Answer 1

As it is a reference type, just the pointer to the values in memory is copied not the values themselves. You can specifiy the behaviour you want with a constructor:

From dot net perls: // // Copy the Dictionary to a second object. // Dictionary copy = new Dictionary(dictionary);