Get Type from String in C#

Asked Jun 28 '18 at 19:20

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I want to get the Type object from an String which contains the complete path of the class right from its namespace.

I have tried using Type type = Type.GetType("System.Convert") and it works but it gives me null when using Type type = Type.GetType("System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex").

Am I doing something wrong here?

asked Jun 28 '18 at 19:20

abr_78

I tried `Type.GetType(new Regex(@"\d").GetType().ToString());` and it still returned null, I don't think it's anything you are doing. – JayV Jun 28 '18 at 19:27
Type.GetType("System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089") – Yuriy Faktorovich Jun 28 '18 at 19:31
System.Convert works because it is in mscorlib. To find out where a type is, use `typeof(System.Convert).AssemblyQualifiedName` – Yuriy Faktorovich Jun 28 '18 at 19:34
@YuriyFaktorovich do I just check for mscorlib, and system dlls when checking for C# classes? – abr_78 Jun 28 '18 at 19:44
If `Type.GetType` returns null without the full qualified name, then it's not in mscorlib. – Yuriy Faktorovich Jun 28 '18 at 19:50
@YuriyFaktorovich is there any other dll apart from system that I need to check if it is not in mscorlib? – abr_78 Jun 28 '18 at 19:57
Where are you getting these strings? Could you generate them as type value pairs of the name and the assembly qualified name? – Yuriy Faktorovich Jun 28 '18 at 20:11

Get Type from String in C#

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