C# generic string parse to any object

Question

I am storing object values in strings e.g.,

string[] values = new string[] { \"213.4\", \"10\", \"hello\", \"MyValue\"};

is there any way to ge

Answer 1

public T Get(string val)
{
    if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(val))
        return (T) TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof (T)).ConvertFromString(val);
    else 
        return default(T);
}