How to get a property value based on the name
You'd have to use reflection
public object GetPropertyValue(object car, string propertyName){ return car.GetType().GetProperties() .Single(pi => pi.Name == propertyName) .GetValue(car, null);}If you want to be really fancy, you could make it an extension method:
public static object GetPropertyValue(this object car, string propertyName){ return car.GetType().GetProperties() .Single(pi => pi.Name == propertyName) .GetValue(car, null);}And then:
string makeValue = (string)car.GetPropertyValue("Make");
You want Reflection
Type t = typeof(Car);PropertyInfo prop = t.GetProperty("Make");if(null != prop)return prop.GetValue(this, null);