Copy one string array to another

Question

How can I copy a string[] from another string[]?

Suppose I have string[] args. How can I copy it to another array string

Answer 1

The above answers show a shallow clone; so I thought I add a deep clone example using serialization; of course a deep clone can also be done by looping through the original array and copy each element into a brand new array.

 private static T[] ArrayDeepCopy(T[] source)
        {
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                var bf = new BinaryFormatter{Context = new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Clone)};
                bf.Serialize(ms, source);
                ms.Position = 0;
                return (T[]) bf.Deserialize(ms);
            }
        }

Testing the deep clone:

 private static void ArrayDeepCloneTest()
        {
            //a testing array
            CultureInfo[] secTestArray = { new CultureInfo("en-US", false), new CultureInfo("fr-FR") };

            //deep clone
            var secCloneArray = ArrayDeepCopy(secTestArray);

            //print out the cloned array
            Array.ForEach(secCloneArray, x => Console.WriteLine(x.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator));

            //modify the original array
            secTestArray[0].DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator = "-";

            Console.WriteLine();
            //show the (deep) cloned array unchanged whereas a shallow clone would reflect the change...
            Array.ForEach(secCloneArray, x => Console.WriteLine(x.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator));
        }