VB.NET – GetType Operator

This article covers the GetType operator in VB.NET.

Often while coding a large software things can get very complicated with variables going through countless stages, new objects being created left and right etc. Often the need arises to check the type of an object or variable or perhaps compare the types of two objects to see if they are the same. With the help of the GetType Operator, we can achieve this.

GetType Demonstration

The method and purpose of this Function is pretty simple, so we’ll just demonstrate it’s use on as many VB.NET datatypes as we can think of, even some special ones like DateTime.

Module Module1
    Sub Main()

        Dim type1 As Integer
        Dim type2 As Int16
        Dim type3 As Int32
        Dim type4 As Int64
        Dim type5 As Short
        Dim type6 As Long
        Dim type7 As Single
        Dim type8 As Double
        Dim type9 As Decimal
        Dim type10 As String = ""
        Dim type11 As Char
        Dim type12 As Boolean
        Dim type13 As DateTime
        Dim type14(0) As Integer

        Console.WriteLine(type1.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type2.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type3.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type4.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type5.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type6.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type7.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type8.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type9.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type10.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type11.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type12.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type13.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine(type14.GetType())

    End Sub
End Module

Below is the console output of the above code.

VB NET GetType

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