> On Oct 11, 2:10 pm, "Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 11, 6:35 am, h***@paralax.nl wrote:
> >
> > > I have a situation that I have a nullable type that can be a int?,
> > > double? or any other nullable type. How can I get the contained value
> > > of the nullable without knowing its type.
> >
> > Just box it, and the result will either be the boxed value, or null.
> >
> > It's not clear to me what sort of interface you'd be looking to use
> > for this anyway.
>
> Your sollution transforms the problem to 'how can I get the content of
> a boxed value without knowing the boxed type', which is as far as I
> know
> 1 checking the type
> 2 assigning to a reference of that type.

>  <h***@paralax.nl> wrote:
> > On Oct 11, 2:10 pm, "Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 11, 6:35 am, h***@paralax.nl wrote:
>
> > > > I have a situation that I have a nullable type that can be a int?,
> > > > double? or any other nullable type. How can I get the contained value
> > > > of the nullable without knowing its type.
>
> > > Just box it, and the result will either be the boxed value, or null.
>
> > > It's not clear to me what sort of interface you'd be looking to use
> > > for this anyway.
>
> > Your sollution transforms the problem to 'how can I get the content of
> > a boxed value without knowing the boxed type', which is as far as I
> > know
> > 1 checking the type
> > 2 assigning to a reference of that type.
>
> Well how would you possibly represent the value in the first place?
> What kind of variable could hold it? Surely it's just "object", in
> which case the boxed value is exactly the right answer in the first
> place.
>
> It would be very helpful if you could post some code which would try to
> use this, so we could get more of an idea of your requirements.
>
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