get assembly by class name

Question

Is there any way to get the assembly that contains a class with name TestClass? I just know the class name, so I can\'t create an instance of that. And

Answer 1

Assembly asm = typeof(TestClass).Assembly;

will get you the assembly as long as it is referenced. Otherwise, you would have to use a fully qualified name:

Assembly asm = null;
Type type = Type.GetType("TestNamespace.TestClass, ConsoleApplication1, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null");
if (type != null)
{
    asm = type.Assembly;
}