Strange Behavior in Method Parameters

[jesh]

Can anyone explain to me why the following code produces what it is producing on my computer?This is the code - very straight forward stuff, as far as I'm concerned:

using System;using System.Collections;using System.Text;using System.Web.UI;public partial class _Default : Page{    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)    {		ArrayList localArrayList = new ArrayList();		Hashtable localHashtable = new Hashtable();		string localString = String.Empty;		StringBuilder localStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();		int localInteger = 0;		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)		{			TestMethod(i, localHashtable, localArrayList, localString, localStringBuilder, localInteger);		}		Response.Write("Hashtable has " + localHashtable.Count + " elements.<br />");		Response.Write("ArrayList has " + localArrayList.Count + " elements.<br />");		Response.Write("String is '" + localString + "'.<br />");		Response.Write("StringBuilder is '" + localStringBuilder.ToString() + "'.<br />");		Response.Write("Integer is " + localInteger + ".<br />");    }	private void TestMethod(int i, Hashtable testHashtable, ArrayList testArrayList, string testString, StringBuilder testStringBuilder, int testInteger)	{		testHashtable.Add(i, i);		testArrayList.Add(i);		testString += i + " ";		testStringBuilder.Append(i + " ");		testInteger += i;	}}

Here is the expected output:

Hashtable has 0 elements.ArrayList has 0 elements.String is ''.StringBuilder is ''.Integer is 0.

Yet, here is the actual output.

Hashtable has 10 elements.ArrayList has 10 elements.String is ''.StringBuilder is '0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 '.Integer is 0.

Has anyone experienced this? Any explanations you can offer?

[jesh]

Bah! Always answering my own questions:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....dParameters.aspI didn't make the connection that when you pass reference types - like Hashtables, ArrayLists, etc. - to methods, a copy of that reference is passed and, unless you change the reference to have it point to a different location, any changes you make to the parameter affect the original variable.