What is the difference between a reference type and value type in c#?

Question

Some guy asked me this question couple of months ago and I couldn\'t explain it in detail. What is the difference between a reference type and a value type in C#?

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Answer 1

"Variables that are based on value types directly contain values. Assigning one value type variable to another copies the contained value. This differs from the assignment of reference type variables, which copies a reference to the object but not the object itself." from Microsoft's library.

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