Get name of an object without getting its bits type

Question

I need to get names of few objects. The names cannot contain their bits (16/32/64). Actaully I do it this way object.GetType().Name . When I use int as object ( int.GetType().Name ) it returns int. But when I use uint it returns uint32. I want to get only uint. Is there a better way to do this than String.Replace?

Answer 1

You can use the compiler services to do so:

static string GetFriendlyTypeName<T>()
{
    var csharpCodeProvider = new Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider();
    var codeType = new System.CodeDom.CodeTypeReference(typeof(T));
    return csharpCodeProvider.GetTypeOutput(codeType);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Console.WriteLine(GetFriendlyTypeName<Int32>()); //int
    Console.WriteLine(GetFriendlyTypeName<UInt32>()); //uint
}