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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saja" data-source="post: 22492853" data-attributes="member: 14999">Category : C# Target Group : Software Engineer , Software Developer Value type vs Reference type ?•    value typeAssigning one value type variable to another copies the contained value.Value types are stored on stack.They contain the actual values.•    reference typestored on heap but contain the address on heap.Value Type<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They are stored on stack</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contains actual value</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cannot contain null values. However this can be achieved by nullable types</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Value type is popped on its own from stack when they go out of scope.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Memory is allocated at compile time</li> </ul>Reference Type<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They are stored on heap</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contains reference to a value</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can contain null values.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Required garbage collector to free memory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Memory is allocated at run time</li> </ul></blockquote>

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