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title: "Ref and Out Keyword in C#"  
description: "Ref and Out Keyword in C#"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2018-05-29  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23415/ref-and-out-keyword-in-c-sharp  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Ref and Out Keyword in C#

**1-**Out and Ref helps to pass BY reference

**2-**Ref is two way from the caller to callee and back

**3-**Out is one way it sends data back from the callee to the caller and any data from the caller is discarded.

## Answers

### Answer by Manish Kumar

**1-**Out and Ref helps to pass BY reference

**2-**Ref is two way from the caller to callee and back

**3-**Out is one way it sends data back from the callee to the caller and any data from the caller is discarded.


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