How to get the assembly (System.Reflection.Assembly) for a given type in .Net?

Question

In .Net, given a type name, is there a method that tells me in which assembly (instance of System.Reflection.Assembly) that type is defined?

I assume that my project

Answer 1

I've adapted the accepted answer for my own purposes (returning the assembly object instead of the assembly name), and refactored the code for VB.NET and LINQ:

Public Function GetAssemblyForType(typeName As String) As Assembly
    Return AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies.FirstOrDefault(Function(a) a.GetType(typeName, False, True) IsNot Nothing)
End Function

I'm just sharing it here if anyone else would like a LINQy solution to the accepted answer.