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I need to assign an array to a field. I dont know the fields type, but I do have a reference to an instance and the name of the field. I can assume the array can be casted to the fields type. Can this be done? Bas Edit: Hopefully this code will clarify what Im trying to do, this causes an exception in assign: <pre><code>class MyClass { static void Main() { MyClass t = new MyClass(); A a = new A(); C[] c = new C[] {new B()}; t.Assign(a, "field", c); } void Assign(object obj, string field, object[] value) { // crashes obj.GetType().GetField(field).SetValue(obj, value); } } class A { public B[] field; } class B : C { } class C { } </code></pre>
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