How do I clone a generic list in C#?

Question

I have a generic list of objects in C#, and wish to clone the list. The items within the list are cloneable, but there doesn\'t seem to be an option to do list.Clone()

Answer 1

Using a cast may be helpful, in this case, for a shallow copy:

IList CloneList(IList list)
{
    IList result;
    result = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(list.GetType());
    foreach (object item in list) result.Add(item);
    return result;
}

applied to generic list:

List Clone(List argument) => (List)CloneList(argument);