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

If you only care about value types...

And you know the type:

List newList = new List(oldList);

If you don't know the type before, you'll need a helper function:

List Clone(IEnumerable oldList)
{
    return newList = new List(oldList);
}

The just:

List myNewList = Clone(myOldList);