Convert class provides a ChangeType method:
public static object ChangeType (object value, Type conversionType);
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
Type targetType = typeof(int);
object source = "42";
object result = Convert.ChangeType(source, targetType); Console.WriteLine(result); // 42
Console.WriteLine(result.GetType()); // System.Int32
}
}
The output:
42
System.Int32