RunTime conversion with Convert.ChangeType

Sometimes, we may need to convert from one type to another at Runtime, but where we don’t know the type in advance, in these situations we can use the Convert. ChangeType method

  public void ConvertChangeType_Example()
        {
            Type targetType, convertedType;

            object convertedValue, initialValue;

            initialValue = "99";
            targetType = typeof(int);

            convertedValue = Convert.ChangeType(initialValue, targetType);
            convertedType = convertedValue.GetType();

            targetType = typeof(double);

            convertedValue = Convert.ChangeType(initialValue, targetType);
            convertedType = convertedValue.GetType();
        }