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What’s the difference between the System.Array.CopyTo() and System.Array.Clone()?

Samir Bhogayta

Samir Bhogayta

Jun 25, 2016
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    System.Array.CopyTo() is used when only we have source and destination array.This works in existing array. System.Array.Clone() is used when only we have source and not destination array.This create a new duplicate of array.

    Ayappan Alagesan
    February 10, 2017
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    The Clone() method returns a new array (a shallow copy) object containing all the elements in the original array. The CopyTo() method copies the elements into another existing array. Both perform a shallow copy. A shallow copy means the contents (each array element) contains references to the same object as the elements in the original array. A deep copy (which neither of these methods performs) would create a new instance of each element's object, resulting in a different, yet identacle object.

    Samir Bhogayta
    June 25, 2016
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