Converting string to system.type

[John Dann]

I've forgotten something simple here - could someone remind me please:

Dim s as string = "byte"

I want to convert s to its corresponding system.type of Byte. None of
the CType/DirectCast syntax I'm trying seems to be working. eg

dim t as type = ctype(s, type)

 

[John Dann]

Dim s as string = "byte"
Problem solved - I should of course have been declaring:

Dim s as string = "System.Byte"

JGD

 

[Family Tree Mike]

Problem solved - I should of course have been declaring:

Dim s as string = "System.Byte"

JGD

I guess I don't understand what you were trying to do. This is what I use
to get the type contained in the string:

dim t as Type = System.Type.GetType("System.Byte")