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title: "differences between value type and reference type."  
description: "differences between value type and reference type."  
author: "Tarun Gautam"  
published: 2017-11-15  
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category: "programming"  
tags: [".net programming", "java programming", "c programming"]  
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# differences between value type and reference type.

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## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**"Difference between value type and [reference](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/774/reference-what-does-this-error-mean-in-php) type "**

- **Value Type:** Value Types derive from **System.ValueType**, which is derived from **System.Object.** In other words, you can say that a data type is a value type that holds data value within its own memory space. For example, consider the following integer variable int a=80; The system stores 10 in the memory allocated for the variable 'a'. ![differences between value type and reference type.](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/294e6112-93e0-4d8a-b170-6ee50a610cc6/images/ba414d37-4365-42df-a4be-589cd623f65a.png)\ \ The following data types are all of the value types: **Reference Type:** ReferenceType doesn’t store the value directly. It **Stores the address** where the value is stored. In other words, you can say that reference type **contains a pointer** to another memory location that **points the address of any variable.** ![differences between value type and reference type.](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/294e6112-93e0-4d8a-b170-6ee50a610cc6/images/2fcafa20-db76-45e2-9ab3-924b1cb028db.png) \ \

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