Reflect type on a string C#

[Sniperumm]

I'm attempting to reflect the type onto a string value within a string array
using the following:

string[] types = { 'Int16', 'Boolean' }
string[] items = { '1', 'true' }

I could use a switch statement and go through every type and convert the item
that way, but surely theres a better way of doing it by reflecting the type
upon the item?

[Sniperumm]

I'll be a bit more clear.

Basicly I have two string arrays. One which contains the object (integer, boolean etc) as a string, and the other which contains the type.

string[] item = { '1', 'true' }

string[] type = { 'Int16', 'Boolean' }

Both items and types are recieved AS strings. I need to loop through each item and convert from STRING to its type. So '1' will be Int16, and 'true' will be Boolean. Now I can use a switch statement for every type conversion but I was wondering if theres a better way to CAST the type.

I could use reflection and reflect the Convert class then Invoke its methods to convert at runtime. But is there any other way?

[Sniperumm]

This problem has been solved.

Object o = Convert.ChangeT ype(items[i], Type.GetType("S ystem." + type[i]));