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Here I am going to discuss about the  -  Difference between typeof and GetType ? - typeof and GetType produce the exact same information. But the difference is where they get this information from:

* typeof is used to get the type based on a class. That means if you use typeof with object, it will gives you error. You must pass class as parameter.
* Where GetType is used to get the type based on an object (an instance of a class). Means GetType needs parameter of object rather than class name.

You can understand more with example.

The following code will output “True”:

string instance = “”;

Type type1 = typeof(string);

Type type2 = instance.GetType();

Console.WriteLine(type1 == type2);