Pass property itself to function as parameter in C#

Question

I am looking for a method to pass property itself to a function. Not value of property. Function doesn\'t know in advance which property will be used for sorting. Simplest w

Answer 1

Great solution over here...

Passing properties by reference in C#

void GetString(string input, T target, Expression> outExpr)
{
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
    {
        var expr = (MemberExpression) outExpr.Body;
        var prop = (PropertyInfo) expr.Member;
        prop.SetValue(target, input, null);
    }
}

void Main()
{
    var person = new Person();
    GetString("test", person, x => x.Name);
    Debug.Assert(person.Name == "test");
}