How do I clone a generic list in C#?

Question

I have a generic list of objects in C#, and wish to clone the list. The items within the list are cloneable, but there doesn\'t seem to be an option to do list.Clone()

Answer 1

To clone a list just call .ToList(). This creates a shallow copy.

Microsoft (R) Roslyn C# Compiler version 2.3.2.62116
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> var x = new List() { 3, 4 };
> var y = x.ToList();
> x.Add(5)
> x
List(3) { 3, 4, 5 }
> y
List(2) { 3, 4 }
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