Convert string to enum

19 Apr 2006 6:26 PM

Tim Johnson

I know I can do this:

string value = myenum.enum1.ToString(); //= "myenum1"

but how can I do the reverse? Given a string "myenum1", how do I turn it
into myenum.enum1? I was hoping there's some more clever way than this:

myenum x = value=="myenum1" ? myenum.enum : ...;

19 Apr 2006 6:36 PM

Kevin Spencer

Check out the following article. It's really not too hard to do:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2004/04/02/106310.aspx

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"Tim Johnson" <TimJohn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F79095F0-6E80-4B79-9228-30915DEDC998@microsoft.com...
>I know I can do this:
>
> string value = myenum.enum1.ToString(); //= "myenum1"
>
> but how can I do the reverse? Given a string "myenum1", how do I turn it
> into myenum.enum1? I was hoping there's some more clever way than this:
>
> myenum x = value=="myenum1" ? myenum.enum : ...;

19 Apr 2006 6:38 PM

Jon Skeet [C# MVP]

Tim Johnson <TimJohn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I know I can do this:
>
> string value = myenum.enum1.ToString(); //= "myenum1"
>
> but how can I do the reverse? Given a string "myenum1", how do I turn it
> into myenum.enum1? I was hoping there's some more clever way than this:
>
> myenum x = value=="myenum1" ? myenum.enum : ...;

MyEnum foo = Enum.Parse (typeof (MyEnum), value);

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19 Apr 2006 6:40 PM

VJ

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2004/04/02/106310.aspx

VJ

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"Tim Johnson" <TimJohn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F79095F0-6E80-4B79-9228-30915DEDC998@microsoft.com...
>I know I can do this:
>
> string value = myenum.enum1.ToString(); //= "myenum1"
>
> but how can I do the reverse? Given a string "myenum1", how do I turn it
> into myenum.enum1? I was hoping there's some more clever way than this:
>
> myenum x = value=="myenum1" ? myenum.enum : ...;

19 Apr 2006 6:51 PM

Tim Johnson

Thanks to all for the fast replies!

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"VJ" wrote:

> http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2004/04/02/106310.aspx
>
> VJ
>
> "Tim Johnson" <TimJohn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F79095F0-6E80-4B79-9228-30915DEDC998@microsoft.com...
> >I know I can do this:
> >
> > string value = myenum.enum1.ToString(); //= "myenum1"
> >
> > but how can I do the reverse? Given a string "myenum1", how do I turn it
> > into myenum.enum1? I was hoping there's some more clever way than this:
> >
> > myenum x = value=="myenum1" ? myenum.enum : ...;
>
>
>