How to do String.Copy in .net core?

Question

In porting a .net framework app to .net core app, there are some uses of String.Copy to copy strings. But it looks this method is removed from .net core, so how would you copy a string in .net core app, and as a result, it is not present in uwp too. Does assignment string b = a; in .net core means something different as in .netframework?

The copy is used in this code:

public DataDictionary(DataDictionary src)
        :this()
    {
        this.Messages = src.Messages;
        this.FieldsByName = src.FieldsByName;
        this.FieldsByTag = src.FieldsByTag;
        if (null != src.MajorVersion)
            this.MajorVersion = string.Copy(src.MajorVersion);
        if (null != src.MinorVersion)
            this.MinorVersion = string.Copy(src.MinorVersion);
        if (null != src.Version)
            this.Version = string.Copy(src.Version);
    }

Answer 1

This is not as elegant as string.Copy(), but if you do not want reference equality for whatever reason, consider using:

string copiedString = new string(stringToCopy);