How to convert string to any type

Question

I want to convert a string to a generic type

I have this:

string inputValue = myTxtBox.Text;      PropertyInfo propInfo = typeof(MyClass).GetProperty(myPropertyName); Type propType = propInfo.PropertyType;  object propValue = ????? 

I want to convert 'inputString' to the type of that property, to check if it's compatible how can I do that?

tks

Answer 1

using System.ComponentModel;  TypeConverter typeConverter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(propType); object propValue = typeConverter.ConvertFromString(inputValue); 

Answer 2

Try Convert.ChangeType

object propvalue = Convert.ChangeType(inputValue, propType);