Type Checking: typeof, GetType, or is?

Question

I\'ve seen many people use the following code:

Type t = typeof(obj1);
if (t == typeof(int))
    // Some code here

But I know you could also

Answer 1

Used to obtain the System.Type object for a type. A typeof expression takes the following form:

System.Type type = typeof(int);

Example:

    public class ExampleClass
    {
       public int sampleMember;
       public void SampleMethod() {}

       static void Main()
       {
          Type t = typeof(ExampleClass);
          // Alternatively, you could use
          // ExampleClass obj = new ExampleClass();
          // Type t = obj.GetType();

          Console.WriteLine("Methods:");
          System.Reflection.MethodInfo[] methodInfo = t.GetMethods();

          foreach (System.Reflection.MethodInfo mInfo in methodInfo)
             Console.WriteLine(mInfo.ToString());

          Console.WriteLine("Members:");
          System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] memberInfo = t.GetMembers();

          foreach (System.Reflection.MemberInfo mInfo in memberInfo)
             Console.WriteLine(mInfo.ToString());
       }
    }
    /*
     Output:
        Methods:
        Void SampleMethod()
        System.String ToString()
        Boolean Equals(System.Object)
        Int32 GetHashCode()
        System.Type GetType()
        Members:
        Void SampleMethod()
        System.String ToString()
        Boolean Equals(System.Object)
        Int32 GetHashCode()
        System.Type GetType()
        Void .ctor()
        Int32 sampleMember
    */

This sample uses the GetType method to determine the type that is used to contain the result of a numeric calculation. This depends on the storage requirements of the resulting number.

    class GetTypeTest
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            int radius = 3;
            Console.WriteLine("Area = {0}", radius * radius * Math.PI);
            Console.WriteLine("The type is {0}",
                              (radius * radius * Math.PI).GetType()
            );
        }
    }
    /*
    Output:
    Area = 28.2743338823081
    The type is System.Double
    */