Question

I know that I can use the type string as:

string someString = "This is my string";

I am not sure how to use the type Type

Type someType = someString.GetType();

How could I create a variable based on that type. I want to do something like

someType someOtherString = "here is another string";
//string 

In other words, how could I create a variable based on some type?

Answer 1

There are a few ways to go about this, but the simplest would be to use the Activator class.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.activator.createinstance.aspx

Example:

Type t = someClassInstance.GetType();
object o = Activator.CreateInstance(t);