Difference between Value types and Reference types
Value types
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Reference types
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Variable content
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Value
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Reference
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Stored
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Stack
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Heap
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Assignment
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Value
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Reference
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Initial value
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0, false,’\0’
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null
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Ranges
Type
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Range
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byte
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0 .. 255
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sbyte
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-128 .. 127
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short
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-32,768 .. 32,767
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ushort
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0 .. 65,535
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int
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-2,147,483,648 .. 2,147,483,647
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uint
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0 .. 4,294,967,295
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long
|
-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 .. 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
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ulong
|
0 .. 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
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float
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-3.402823e38 .. 3.402823e38
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double
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-1.79769313486232e308 .. 1.79769313486232e308
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decimal
|
-79228162514264337593543950335 .. 79228162514264337593543950335
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char
|
Unicode character.
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string
|
String of Unicode characters.
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bool
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True or False.
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object
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An object.
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