Is Guid considered a value type or reference type?

Question

Guids are created using the new keyword which makes me think it\'s a reference type.

Is this correct?

Guid uid = new Guid();

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Answer 1

Its value type, See the below example:

using System;                   
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Guid a1 = new Guid();
        Console.WriteLine(a1);
        Guid b1 = a1;
        Console.WriteLine(b1);
        a1 = Guid.NewGuid();
        Console.WriteLine(a1);
        Console.WriteLine(b1);
    }
}

/* OUTPUT
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
164f599e-d42d-4d97-b390-387e8a80a328
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
*/