C# Type IsPrimitive

Description

Type IsPrimitive gets a value indicating whether the Type is one of the primitive types.

Syntax

Type.IsPrimitive has the following syntax.


public bool IsPrimitive { get; }

Example

The following example demonstrates the IsContextful, IsMarshalByRef, and IsPrimitive properties of the Type class.


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using System;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts;
public class MyContextBoundClass: ContextBoundObject
{
    public string myString = "This class demonstrates the IsPrimitive property.";
}
public class MyTypeDemoClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine (typeof(int).IsPrimitive);
            Console.WriteLine (typeof(string).IsPrimitive);
        } 
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: " + e.Message);
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.