Cannot implicitly convert type 'Int' to 'T'

Question

I can call Get<int>(Stat); or Get<string>(Name);

But when compiling I get:

Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'T'

and the same thing for string.

public T Get<T>(Stats type) where T : IConvertible {     if (typeof(T) == typeof(int))     {         int t = Convert.ToInt16(PlayerStats[type]);         return t;     }     if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))     {         string t = PlayerStats[type].ToString();         return t;     } } 

Answer 1

You should be able to just use Convert.ChangeType() instead of your custom code:

public T Get<T>(Stats type) where T : IConvertible {     return (T) Convert.ChangeType(PlayerStats[type], typeof(T)); }