Inner type of a Nullable type (C#)

[Skychan]

I need to get the Inner Type of a Nullable Type (not an instance of given Nullable Type).

For example, if I have:
Type myType = typeof(int?);

How can I determine that myType has an Inner Type of System.int32?

Thanks

[r035198x]

I need to get the Inner Type of a Nullable Type (not an instance of given Nullable Type).

For example, if I have:
Type myType = typeof(int?);

How can I determine that myType has an Inner Type of System.int32?

Thanks

Have a look at the BaseType property of the Type class.

[Skychan]

Have a look at the BaseType property of the Type class.

typeof(int?).Ba seType returns:
{Name = "ValueType" FullName = "System.ValueTy pe"} System.Type {System.Runtime Type}

typeof(int?).Ba seType.BaseType returns:
{Name = "Object" FullName = "System.Object" } System.Type {System.Runtime Type}

I have looked through all the methods and properties of the BaseType but I can't find any information about int32.

[r035198x]

typeof(int?).Ba seType returns:
{Name = "ValueType" FullName = "System.ValueTy pe"} System.Type {System.Runtime Type}

typeof(int?).Ba seType.BaseType returns:
{Name = "Object" FullName = "System.Object" } System.Type {System.Runtime Type}

I have looked through all the methods and properties of the BaseType but I can't find any information about int32.

Sorry about that. Use myType.FullName instead.

[Skychan]

Here is the solution:

determine if the Type is a nullable type and if it is then call Nullable's static method GetUnderlyingTy pe()

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.nullable.getunderlyingtype.aspx

That was unbelievably hard to find out and it makes no sense that to find out what the inner type is, a static method has to analyze the nullable type. It would make more sense for a nullable type to have a simple property of type Type containing the inner type.