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copied!<p>If you mean <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/14akc2c7.aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>ref</code> the argument passing convention</a>, then no, you cannot store this. From the first note on MSDN:</p> <blockquote> <p>Do not confuse the concept of passing by reference with the concept of reference types. The two concepts are not the same...</p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><strong>Edit</strong>: based on your updated question, C# has different nomenclature about pointers and references. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y31yhkeb.aspx" rel="nofollow">A <strong>pointer</strong> in C# is an <em>unsafe</em> construct</a> used to <em>somewhat</em> directly reference the memory location of an object. I say somewhat because the memory location can change based on garbage collection (unless you fix it in memory).</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s6938f28.aspx" rel="nofollow"><strong>References</strong> in C# are the default way reference types are passed and stored</a>. They are akin to <em>pointers</em> in other languages, but not quite the same. However, the <strong>by-reference</strong> argument passing convention allows you to directly change what an object refers to.</p> <p>If your objective is to keep a <em>mutable reference</em> to a non-reference type local variable, you'll have to encapsulate the local variable in a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173109.aspx" rel="nofollow">reference type (like a class)</a>. If you could give some sample code, we can give some specific examples.</p>

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