除了允许你将别人的变量重新分配给类的不同实例，返回多个值等，使用ref或out可以让别人知道你需要从他们那里得到什么，以及你打算用他们提供的变量做什么

You don't need ref or out if all you're going to do is modify things inside the MyClass instance that is passed in the argument someClass. The calling method will see changes like someClass.Message = "Hello World" whether you use ref, out or nothing Writing someClass = new MyClass() inside myFunction(someClass) swaps out the object seen by the someClass in the scope of the myFunction method only. The calling method still knows about the original MyClass instance it created and passed to your method You need ref or out if you plan on swapping the someClass out for a whole new object and want the calling method to see your change Writing someClass = new MyClass() inside myFunction(out someClass) changes the object seen by the method that called myFunction

还有其他程序员

他们想知道你将如何处理他们的数据。假设您正在编写一个将被数百万开发人员使用的库。你想让他们知道当他们调用你的方法时你要对他们的变量做什么

Using ref makes a statement of "Pass a variable assigned to some value when you call my method. Be aware that I might change it out for something else entirely during the course of my method. Do not expect your variable to be pointing to the old object when I'm done" Using out makes a statement of "Pass a placeholder variable to my method. It doesn't matter whether it has a value or not; the compiler will force me to assign it to a new value. I absolutely guarantee that the object pointed to by your variable before you called my method, will be different by the time I'm done

顺便说一下，在c# 7.2中也有一个in修饰符

And that prevents the method from swapping out the passed in instance for a different instance. Think of it like saying to those millions of developers "pass me your original variable reference, and I promise not to swap your carefully crafted data out for something else". in has some peculiarities, and in some cases such as where an implicit conversion might be required to make your short compatible with an in int the compiler will temporarily make an int, widen your short to it, pass it by reference and finish up. It can do this because you've declared you're not going to mess with it.

微软对数值类型的.TryParse方法做到了这一点:

int i = 98234957;
bool success = int.TryParse("123", out i);

通过将参数标记为out他们在这里积极地声明"我们肯定会将你苦心制作的98234957值更改为其他值"

当然，对于像解析值类型这样的事情，它们有点不得不这样做，因为如果parse方法不允许将值类型替换为其他类型，那么它就不能很好地工作。但是想象一下在你创建的库中有一些虚构的方法:

public void PoorlyNamedMethod(out SomeClass x)

你可以看到它是一个out，因此你可以知道，如果你花了几个小时处理数字，创建一个完美的SomeClass:

SomeClass x = SpendHoursMakingMeAPerfectSomeClass();
//now give it to the library
PoorlyNamedMethod(out x);

那真是浪费时间，花那么多时间来做一节完美的课。它肯定会被丢弃，并被PoorlyNamedMethod取代

对于那些以身作则的人(比如我)，以下是安东尼·科索夫所说的。

我创建了一些ref、out和其他例子来说明这一点。我并没有介绍最佳实践，只是举例来理解它们之间的差异。

https://gist.github.com/2upmedia/6d98a57b68d849ee7091

裁判上场又出局。

您应该优先使用out，只要它能满足您的需求。

我要试着解释一下:

我想我们理解了值类型是如何工作的，对吧?值类型是(int, long, struct等)。当你将它们发送到一个没有ref命令的函数时，它会复制数据。在函数中对该数据所做的任何操作都只会影响副本，而不会影响原始数据。ref命令发送的是实际数据，任何变化都会影响函数外部的数据。

好了，让人困惑的部分，引用类型:

让我们创建一个引用类型:

List<string> someobject = new List<string>()

当你新建someobject时，会创建两部分:

存储某对象数据的内存块。 指向该块的引用(指针) 的数据。

现在，当你发送someobject到一个没有引用的方法时，它复制的是引用指针，而不是数据。现在你得到了这个:

(outside method) reference1 => someobject
(inside method)  reference2 => someobject

两个引用指向同一个对象。如果你使用reference2修改某个对象的属性，它将影响由reference1指向的相同数据。

 (inside method)  reference2.Add("SomeString");
 (outside method) reference1[0] == "SomeString"   //this is true

如果你清空了reference2或将其指向新的数据，它不会影响reference1和reference1所指向的数据。

(inside method) reference2 = new List<string>();
(outside method) reference1 != null; reference1[0] == "SomeString" //this is true

The references are now pointing like this:
reference2 => new List<string>()
reference1 => someobject

当你将someobject by ref发送给方法时会发生什么? 对某个对象的实际引用被发送给方法。所以你现在只有一个数据引用:

(outside method) reference1 => someobject;
(inside method)  reference1 => someobject;

但这意味着什么呢?它的作用与不通过ref发送someobject完全相同，除了两件主要的事情:

1)当你清空方法内部的引用时，它也会清空方法外部的引用。

 (inside method)  reference1 = null;
 (outside method) reference1 == null;  //true

2)你现在可以将引用指向一个完全不同的数据位置，函数外部的引用现在将指向新的数据位置。

 (inside method)  reference1 = new List<string>();
 (outside method) reference1.Count == 0; //this is true

: return语句只能用于从函数中返回一个值。但是，使用输出参数，可以从一个函数返回两个值。输出参数类似于引用参数，只是它们将数据传输出方法而不是传输到方法中。

下面的例子说明了这一点:

using System;

namespace CalculatorApplication
{
   class NumberManipulator
   {
      public void getValue(out int x )
      {
         int temp = 5;
         x = temp;
      }

      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         NumberManipulator n = new NumberManipulator();
         /* local variable definition */
         int a = 100;

         Console.WriteLine("Before method call, value of a : {0}", a);

         /* calling a function to get the value */
         n.getValue(out a);

         Console.WriteLine("After method call, value of a : {0}", a);
         Console.ReadLine();

      }
   }
}

裁判: 引用形参是对变量内存位置的引用。与值参数不同，通过引用传递参数时，不会为这些参数创建新的存储位置。引用参数表示与提供给方法的实际参数相同的内存位置。

在c#中，使用ref关键字声明引用参数。下面的例子说明了这一点:

using System;
namespace CalculatorApplication
{
   class NumberManipulator
   {
      public void swap(ref int x, ref int y)
      {
         int temp;

         temp = x; /* save the value of x */
         x = y;   /* put y into x */
         y = temp; /* put temp into y */
       }

      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         NumberManipulator n = new NumberManipulator();
         /* local variable definition */
         int a = 100;
         int b = 200;

         Console.WriteLine("Before swap, value of a : {0}", a);
         Console.WriteLine("Before swap, value of b : {0}", b);

         /* calling a function to swap the values */
         n.swap(ref a, ref b);

         Console.WriteLine("After swap, value of a : {0}", a);
         Console.WriteLine("After swap, value of b : {0}", b);

         Console.ReadLine();

      }
   }
}

有两个主要的区别，我想举例说明:

Ref和out通过reference传递，hense;

 class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var original = new ObjectWithMememberList(3);
            Console.WriteLine(original.MyList.Capacity); // 3
            ChangeList(original.MyList);
            Console.WriteLine(original.MyList.Capacity); // 3
        }

        static void ChangeList(List<int> vr)
        {
            vr = new List<int>(2);
        }
}

but:

 class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var original = new ObjectWithMememberList(3);
            Console.WriteLine(original.MyList.Capacity); // 3
            ChangeList(ref original.MyList);
            Console.WriteLine(original.MyList.Capacity); // 2
        }

        static void ChangeList(ref List<int> vr)
        {
            vr = new List<int>(2);
        }
}

out也是一样。 2. Ref参数必须是一个可赋值变量。 hense:

ChangeList(ref new List<int>()); // Compile Error [might not be initialized before accessing]

but:

List<int> xs;
ChangeList(out xs); // Compiles