How to cast an object to a Type extracted at runtime

Question

I am using reflection to get an object\'s type, or for this issue an object that has instance properties type, at runtime and then I need to change an existing variable\'s t

Answer 1

Try Convert.ChangeType

If exp.Split(".").Count Then
  Dim tp As Type = Nothing
  tp = x.GetType
  tp = tp.GetProperty(exp.Split(".").ElementAt(0)).PropertyType()
  'Line below works, gets the right type, and now I need both x and y values passed in to be cast to this type.
  Dim typ As Type = tp.GetType
  x = Convert.ChangeType(x, typ)
End If