Re: arraylist copy

April 8, 2005

Thanks! Then what is the difference between CopyTo and Clone? MSDN
mentioned that clone creates a shallow copy and copyto creates a deep copy?
Thanks again!

Joseph MCAD


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> "Joseph MCAD" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
>> If you use the .Clone method then both arraylists will still point to the
>> same objects. HTH
>
> That is not true. 'Clone' will create a shallow copy of the arraylist:
>
> \\\
> Dim a1 As New ArrayList
> Dim a2 As ArrayList = a1.Clone()
> MsgBox(CStr(a1 Is a2))
> ///
>
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