Here you can find a generic Type conversion snippet for C# and VB.NET.

Sample C#

public static T GenericConvert<T, X>(X value) where X : IConvertible
{
	return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
}

Sample VB.NET

Public Shared Function GenericConvert(Of T, X As IConvertible)(value As X) As T
	Return DirectCast(Convert.ChangeType(value, GetType(T)), T)
End Function

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