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POIs there a better way to explain the behaviour differences between structs and classes in .net?
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copied!<p>The code below shows a sample that I've used recently to explain the different behaviour of structs and classes to someone brand new to development. Is there a better way of doing so? (Yes - the code uses public fields - that's purely for brevity)</p> <pre><code>namespace StructsVsClasses { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { sampleStruct struct1 = new sampleStruct(); struct1.IntegerValue = 3; Console.WriteLine("struct1.IntegerValue: {0}", struct1.IntegerValue); sampleStruct struct2 = struct1; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("struct1.IntegerValue: {0}", struct1.IntegerValue); Console.WriteLine("struct2.IntegerValue: {0}", struct2.IntegerValue); struct1.IntegerValue = 5; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("struct1.IntegerValue: {0}", struct1.IntegerValue); Console.WriteLine("struct2.IntegerValue: {0}", struct2.IntegerValue); sampleClass class1 = new sampleClass(); class1.IntegerValue = 3; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("class1.IntegerValue: {0}", class1.IntegerValue); sampleClass class2 = class1; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("class1.IntegerValue: {0}", class1.IntegerValue); Console.WriteLine("class2.IntegerValue: {0}", class2.IntegerValue); class1.IntegerValue = 5; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("class1.IntegerValue: {0}", class1.IntegerValue); Console.WriteLine("class2.IntegerValue: {0}", class2.IntegerValue); Console.ReadKey(); } } struct sampleStruct { public int IntegerValue; } class sampleClass { public int IntegerValue; } } </code></pre>

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