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What is the best way of getting default value from Type

I have Type and I want to get the default value. For example, if Type is class or nullable I should get null. But if it is integer, DateTime. decimal, … I should get 0. What is the best way of doing this?

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I expect you can use something like this:

public static object GetDefaultValue(Type type)
{
    return type.IsClass ? null : Activator.CreateInstance(type);
}

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