Difference between List and IList

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Good Day,

I am a beginner and i want to get an understanding from the question below,

What is the difference between List and IList, which one has better performance and when to use List over IList and vice versa?

Thank you for your help.

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Enos

Posted 25-Jul-13 22:10pm

Nkhanedzeni

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Solution 1

List is an class,
IList is an interface

You cannot explicitly create an IList, but you can create various classes that inherit from interfaces.
I suggest you Google Interfaces and Classes so you can understand the difference better.

Posted 25-Jul-13 22:14pm

Pheonyx

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Nkhanedzeni 26-Jul-13 4:16am

Thanks let me google as i still don't understand you

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berrymaria · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T22:27:00

Solution 2

Hi, See the links below:

List vs IList[^]
When to use IList and When to use List[^]
List vs IList C#[^]
Other References - Google[^]

Hope it helps! :)

Posted 25-Jul-13 22:27pm

berrymaria

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Nkhanedzeni 26-Jul-13 4:30am

Thanks, for sure this will help me

berrymaria 26-Jul-13 4:34am

Please accept my answer :)

Nkhanedzeni 26-Jul-13 4:37am

owk.

berrymaria 26-Jul-13 4:53am

thank you :)