How to get instance Type from Type.GetType function

[david.kao]

I am trying to use Type.GetType(name of type in string format) to get an
instance Type. For example: Type t = Type.GetType("System.Data.DataTable").
I have no trouble to get a value type For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.String").

[Sahil Malik]

Did you try "typeof(...)" ?

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I am trying to use Type.GetType(name of type in string format) to get an
instance Type. For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.Data.DataTable").
I have no trouble to get a value type For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.String").

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

da*******@opco.com <da*******@opco.com> wrote:

I am trying to use Type.GetType(name of type in string format) to get an
instance Type. For example: Type t = Type.GetType("System.Data.DataTable").
I have no trouble to get a value type For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.String").

typeof is the best way of doing this if you know the name in advance.
If you don't, you also need to know the assembly the type is in -
Type.GetType only looks in the currently executing assembly and
mscorlib unless you specify the assembly name as well.

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[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

You need to add the assembly name in for any type that is not in the corrent assembly or mscorlib. So

Type t = Type.GetType("System.Data.DataTable, System.Data, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089");

Will work (for version 1.1 of the framework - if you're using 1.0 use the version number for that one)

Btw: System.String is not a Value Type, it a Reference Type

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
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Did you try "typeof(...)" ?

- Sahil Malik
You can reach me thru my blog -
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

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I am trying to use Type.GetType(name of type in string format) to get an
instance Type. For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.Data.DataTable").
I have no trouble to get a value type For example: Type t =
Type.GetType("System.String").

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