How to dynamically cast an object of type string to an object of type T

Question

I have this XML document ``` False ``` in my code and I'm trying to build an array of arguments containing the `` node. ``` object test = (object) ((typeof(publishNode.Attributes["Type"].value)) publishNode.InnerText); ``` This breaks at compile time of course. I can't figure out how to cast the `publishNode.InnerText('false')` to a runtime defined object of type specified in the XML file and store it in an object (which will conserve the type).

Accepted Answer

You can use `Convert.ChangeType` :

```
object value = Convert.ChangeType(stringValue, destinationType);
```

How to dynamically cast an object of type string to an object of type T

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