Generic Lists copying references rather than creating a copiedList
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Solution
By writing `tempList = myList` you don't make a copy oh the collection, you only make tempList reference myList. Try this instead : `dim tempList as new List (Of Something)(myList)`
Problem
I was developing a small function when trying to run an enumerator across a list and then carry out some action. (Below is an idea of what I was trying to do. When trying to remove I got a "Collection cannot be modified" which after I had actually woken up I realised that tempList must have just been assigned myLists reference rather than a copy of myLists. After that I tried to find a way to say tempList = myList.copy However nothing seems to exist?? I ended up writing a small for loop that then just added each item from myLsit into tempList but I would have thought there would have been another mechanism (like clone??) So my question(s): - is my assumption about tempList receiving a reference to myList correct How should a list be copied to another list? ``` private myList as List (Of something) sub new() myList.add(new Something) end sub sub myCalledFunction() dim tempList as new List (Of Something) tempList = myList Using i as IEnumerator = myList.getEnumarator while i.moveNext 'if some critria is met then tempList.remove(i.current) end end using end sub ```