http://blogs.msdn.com/brandonturner/archive/2008/03/17/gettype-or-is-keyword.aspxSometimes you might run into a case where you want to know the type of an object you are dealing with.&#160; When someone first faces this situation they find two ways to solve this problem.&#160; They can use GetType() or they can use the 'is' keyword.&#160;en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/brandonturner/archive/2008/03/17/gettype-or-is-keyword.aspx#8291431Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:33:05 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8291431rkpatrick<p>A more complete &quot;is&quot; equivalent would be GetType().IsAssignableFrom(...), as it covers subclasses as well as interfaces much like &quot;is&quot; (I use that quite a bit in reflection-based code)</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/brandonturner/archive/2008/03/17/gettype-or-is-keyword.aspx#9610172Wed, 13 May 2009 21:12:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9610172Farrukh<p>thanks it helped me understanding the difference between the two.</p>