Convert variable to type only known at run-time?

Question

foreach (var filter in filters) {     var filterType = typeof(Filters);     var method = filterType.GetMethod(filter, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);     if (method != null)     {         var parameters = method.GetParameters();         Type paramType = parameters[0].ParameterType;         value = (string)method.Invoke(null, new[] { value });     } } 

How can I cast value to paramType? value is a string, paramType will probably just be a basic type like int, string, or maybe float. I'm cool with it throwing an exception if no conversion is possible.

Answer 1

The types you are using all implement IConvertible. As such you can use ChangeType.

 value = Convert.ChangeType(method.Invoke(null, new[] { value }), paramType);