Question

I want to see if try cast can convert user entered answer to the type I have specified.

Here’s what I have:

Dim t as type = GetType(myType)
Dim ans = console.readline()

If TryCast(ans, t) <> Nothing Then ... 'Doesn't work`

In the example above the intelisense doesn’t even show t. How to make it work?

Answer 1

I guess you want to check if the user’s input is string, int, bool, date etc…

So if you want to convert the readline() to a specific type, you can do the following:

If myType.GetType Is GetType(Integer) Then
    'your code...
ElseIf myType.GetType Is GetType(DateTime) Then
   ....

Dennis reply is also a good idea ..

Hope that helps!