C# memcpy equivalent

Question

I have 2 objects from the same type and i would like to shallow copy one state to the other. In C++ i have memcpy which is great. How can i do it in C#? The MemberwiseClone(

Answer 1

In C# (and in C++ too), there is no difference between "new object" and "a copy of existing object" as long as all their members equal to each other.

Given:

Int32 a = 5;

, both operations:

Int32 b = 5;
Int32 b = a;

yield the same result.

As stated in MSDN reference:

The MemberwiseClone method creates a shallow copy by creating a new object, and then copying the nonstatic fields of the current object to the new object.

If a field is a value type, a bit-by-bit copy of the field is performed.

If a field is a reference type, the reference is copied but the referred object is not; therefore, the original object and its clone refer to the same object.

, i.e. it does just the same as memcpy() in C++