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

namespace WindowsFormsApplication7
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            var dt = new DataTable();
            dt.Columns.Add("lastname", typeof(string));
            dt.Columns.Add("firstname", typeof(string));

            dt.Rows.Add("lennon", "john");
            dt.Rows.Add("mccartney", "paul");


            var ms = new MemoryStream();
            var bf = new BinaryFormatter();
            bf.Serialize(ms, dt);
            byte[] bytes = ms.ToArray();



            var bfx = new BinaryFormatter();
            var msx = new MemoryStream();
            msx.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
            msx.Seek(0, 0);


            // doesn't just copy reference, copy all contents
            var dtx = (DataTable)bfx.Deserialize(msx);


            dtx.Rows[0]["lastname"] = "Ono";


            // just copy reference
            var dty = dt;

            dty.Rows[0]["lastname"] = "Winston";

            MessageBox.Show(dt.Rows[0]["lastname"].ToString()); // Winston
            MessageBox.Show(dtx.Rows[0]["lastname"].ToString()); // Ono
            MessageBox.Show(dty.Rows[0]["lastname"].ToString()); // Winston

        }
    }
}