C# get Object Property by name [duplicate]

Question

In other languages like JavaScript I can use for example:

const obj = { a: 5 };
obj["a"] //returns 5

Is it possible to get an object property if it's name is given as string in C#? I don't want a giant if/else tree

Answer 1

You can use reflection:

 var obj = new { A = 5 } as object; // your object

 var five = obj.GetType().GetProperty("A").GetValue(obj);

Also, you can use dynamic:

var fiveDynamic = (obj as dynamic).A;