Difference between “var” and “object” in C#

Question

Is the var type an equivalent to Variant in VB? When object can accept any datatype, what is the difference between those two?

Answer 1

Nope - var just means you're letting the compiler infer the type from the expression used to assign a value to the variable.

It's just syntax sugar to let you do less typing - try making a method parameter of type "var" and see what happens :]

So if you have an expression like:

var x = new Widget();

x will be of type Widget, not object.