C # Returned object from array leaves pointer to Array element

Question

I have List<T>, and I do the following:

var myObj = List[2];  //Return object at position 2
myObj.Name = "fred";  //If you look at List[2] its name has changed to fred

I tried the following, but it still updates the item in the list

var newObj = new MyObj();
var myObj = List[2];  //Return object at position 2
newObj = myObj;
newObj.Name = "fred";  //If you look at List[2] its name has still changed to fred

How can I avoid this pointer so that I can update properties without updating it in the list?

Answer 1

Great comments, thanks, but this is what I implemented:

public MyObj Clone()
    {
        BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        bFormatter.Serialize(stream, this);
        stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        MyObj newObj = (MyObj)bFormatter.Deserialize(stream);
        return newObj;
    }

Answer 2

You can create an ICloneable with MemberwiseClone , and then:

var myObj = List[2];
var newObj = myObj.Clone();
newObj.Name = "fred";

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a.Name = "Test";
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