dynamically get/set member value

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Import namespace

using System.Reflection;

Code

// create or get instance
var obj = new MyClass();

// get PropertyInfo by name
PropertyInfo property = obj.GetType().GetProperty("PropertyName");

// set value 'text'
property.SetValue(obj, "text", new object[0]);
            
// get value
string value = (string)property.GetValue(obj, new object[0]);

Console.WriteLine(value);

Class used in example

public class MyClass
{
    public string PropertyName { get; set; }
}

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