Difference between typeof and GetType – Explained

typeof and GetType produce the exact same information. But the difference is where they get this information from:

• typeof is used to get the type based on a class. That means if you use typeof with object, it will gives you error. You must pass class as parameter parameter.
• Where GetType is used to get the type based on an object (an instance of a class). Means GetType needs parameter of object rather than class name.

You can understand more with example.

The following code will output “True”:

  string instance = “”;

  Type type1 = typeof(string);

  Type type2 = instance.GetType();

  Console.WriteLine(type1 == type2);