C# - how to determine whether a Type is a number

Question

Is there a way to determine whether or not a given .Net Type is a number? For example: System.UInt32/UInt16/Double are all numbers. I want to avoid a long switc

Answer 1

public static bool IsNumericType(Type type)
{
  switch (Type.GetTypeCode(type))
  {
    case TypeCode.Byte:
    case TypeCode.SByte:
    case TypeCode.UInt16:
    case TypeCode.UInt32:
    case TypeCode.UInt64:
    case TypeCode.Int16:
    case TypeCode.Int32:
    case TypeCode.Int64:
    case TypeCode.Decimal:
    case TypeCode.Double:
    case TypeCode.Single:
      return true;
    default:
      return false;
  }
}

Note about optimization removed (see enzi comments) And if you really want to optimize it (losing readability and some safety...):

public static bool IsNumericType(Type type)
{
  TypeCode typeCode = Type.GetTypeCode(type);
  //The TypeCode of numerical types are between SByte (5) and Decimal (15).
  return (int)typeCode >= 5 && (int)typeCode <= 15;
}