how to copy a list to a new list, or retrieve list by value in c#

I noticed in c# there is a method for Lists:
CopyTo -> that copies to arrays, is there a nicer way to copy to a new list? problem is, I want to retrieve the list by value to be able to remove items before displaying them, i dont want the original list to be modified, that too doesnt seem to be easily attainable, any ideas?

Answers:

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Method 1

List<MyType> copy = new List<MyType>(original);

Method 2

I want to retrieve the list by value to be able to remove items before displaying them,

var newlist = oldList.Where(<specify condition here>).ToList();

Method 3

If you are using .NET 3.5, the resulting array can have ToList() called on it.

Method 4

Just create a new List and use the appropriate constructor:

IList<Obj> newList = new List<Obj>(oldList);

Method 5

I think this will work. Passing a list to the constructor of a new list.

    List<string> list1 = new List<string>();
    List<string> list2 = new List<string>(list1);

Method 6

Have you tried Cloning (Clone()) each item and adding the clone to a new collection?

Method 7

It seems if you have a list of references, the list

List<Object> list2 = new List<Object>(list1);

does not work.

This should solve your problem:

How do I clone a generic list in C#?

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