About Object Class Methods

Question

What is difference between GetType() and ToString() methods? Is ToString() method internally calls GetType() method?

Ravi Patel · Answer

Hi GetType() - Gets the System.Type of the current instance. Tostring() - Returns a string that represents the current object

Pawan Vaish · Answer

Hi GetType() - It gives the information about the which type of object the variable is. Ex- string s =Pawan; Type t = s.GetType(); Its return the type of variable s which is of System.String type. ToString() - Its is used to convert the a object in string type. Its gives error if conversion fail.

Bhuvanesh Mohankumar · Answer

GetType() and ToString() GetType() - Get the Type of the Data ToString() - Which will convert the value to string value. I beleive that ToString() not calls the GetType() internally Mark as answer if helpful.