What is the difference between ref & out parameters?

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Amit Singh · Answer

When we pass a parameter as ref to a method, the method refers to the same variable and changes made will affect the actual variable. even the variable passed as out parameter is same as ref parameter, but implementation in c# is different,

Arguement passed as ref parameter must be initialized before it is passed to the method. But in case of out parameter it is not necessary. But after a call to a method as out parameter it is necessary to initialize.

When to use out and ref parameter, out parameter is used when we want to return more than one value from a method.

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