Are ref and out in C# the same a pointers in C++?

Question

I just made a Swap routine in C# like this:

static void Swap(ref int x, ref int y)
{
    int temp = x;
    x = y;
    y = temp;
}

It does t

Answer 1

ref and out are only used with function arguments to signify that the argument is to be passed by reference instead of value. In this sense, yes, they are somewhat like pointers in C++ (more like references actually). Read more about it in this article.