C# Get Generic Type Name

Question

I need some way to get the Name of a Type, when type.IsGenericType = true.

    Type t = typeof(List);
    MessageBox.         


        

Answer 1

Assuming you just want to see that its List instead of List you'd need to do:

MessageBox.Show(t.GetGenericTypeDefinition().FullName)

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.type.getgenerictypedefinition.aspx