Can I check if a variable can be cast to a specified type?

Question

I am trying to verify whether a variable that is passed can be converted to a specific type. I have tried the following but can\'t get it to compile so I assume I\'m going

Answer 1

I know it's quite old but for someone looking for answer in modern way will leave post with response. From C#7 You can use new switch with pattern matching (https://docs.microsoft.com/pl-pl/dotnet/csharp/pattern-matching)

        switch (myObject)
        {
            case PlayerObject playerObject:
                //this is player object type and can use also playerObject because it's already casted
                break;
            case EnemyObject enemyObject:
                //same here but we have enemy object type
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }