How to convert a string to code? (C#)

Question

Is it possible to convert a string to code?
For example, instead of:

string foo = "bar";
...
switch(foo){
case "bar":
    pictureBox.Image = Project.Properties.Resources.bar;
    break;
...
}

Is there a way to simply:

string foo = "bar"
pictureBox.Image = Project.Properties.Resources.<foo string goes in here>;

I hope this example makes sense.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17828774/get-resources-with-string — prospector, Jan 10 '15 at 06:42
possible duplicate of [Get property value from string using reflection in C#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1196991/get-property-value-from-string-using-reflection-in-c-sharp) — mleko, Jan 10 '15 at 08:07

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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What you are trying to do is called Reflection in C#. You can find a post in StackOverflow with code samples for it: Get property value from string using reflection in C#

EDIT: Here is the example

     string foo = "bar";
     var resources = Project.Properties.Resources;
     object o = resources.GetType().GetProperty(foo).GetValue(resources, null);
     if (o is System.Drawing.Image) {
            pictureBox.Image = (System.Drawing.Image) o;
     }

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Jan 10 '15 at 06:39

Julian J. Tejera

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it is called reflection, not only in c# ... ;) – DarkSquirrel42 Jan 10 '15 at 06:43
In the above example, would you be able to provide an example? – Tom Jan 10 '15 at 08:07

How to convert a string to code? (C#)

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