C# Get Generic Type Name

Question

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

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Answer 1

Here is my take on this. I did not put the backtick check since for what I see, it's always there. You can add it if you want but I like to keep things simple.

public static string GetFriendlyName(this Type type)
{
    if (type.IsGenericType)
    {
        var name = type.Name.Substring(0, type.Name.IndexOf('`'));
        var types = string.Join(",", type.GetGenericArguments().Select(GetFriendlyName));
        return $"{name}<{types}>";
    }
    else
    {
        return type.Name;
    }
}