adding to a list passed as a parameter in a Method

[GKonheiser]

If I have a method that has a list as a parameter:-

private void myMethod(List<orderList> someList)
{
     someList.Add(someOrderItem);
}

And I call the method passing in a list:-

myMethod(myOrderList);

Will the items be added to myOrderList, I suspect not?

if this is the case what is the best way to achieve this?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

I wanted to clarify what you are trying to do.

you have the method:

private void myMethod(List<orderList> someList)
{
     someList.Add(someOrderItem);
}

and you call the method and provide a list to it.

myMethod(myOrderList);

in the method, someList is == to myOrderList as you provided it by calling the method.

Is the end result to add myOrderList items into a list using the method myMethod?

Or is this to add the item someOrderItem into the list myOrderList?

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[GKonheiser]

The end result I want is to add someOrderItem into the list myOrderList.

[koganam]

The end result I want is to add someOrderItem into the list myOrderList.

Lists are passed by reference. That should add to the list as requested. Is your experience otherwise?

[GKonheiser]

To be honest I'm not sure yet. I'm seeing some results that would suggest other wise but it could be something else. I will debug with Visual Studio tomorrow and see whats going on. Thanks for your input.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the details.

If you are getting unexpected output when you test this, please let me know and I would be happy to assist in finding what is going wrong.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[GKonheiser]

I found the problem. The listed I passed to the method was indeed getting populated. But later in the method I had a misplaced semi-colon after an if statement that was causing the list to be emptied, so thx again for the help : )