calculating number of elements in an enumerated type

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Claire

Is there an easy way to return the number of elements in an enumerated type
please
thanks
Claire
 
Hi Claire,

Enum.GetNames(typeof(YourEnum)); // for names of enum
Enum.GetValues(typeof(YourEnum)); // for values of enum

Cheers

Marcin
 
Claire said:
Is there an easy way to return the number of elements in an enumerated type
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Given the enum,

enum BirthdayInvitee
{
Linda = 1,
Dexter = 2,
Jennifer = 3,
Renee = 4,
Joe = 5
}

Then I can get the length of the number of Enum names for this type like this,

int invitationsReqd = Enum.GetNames( typeof( BirthdayInvitee)).Length;


Derek Harmon
 
Is there an easy way to return the number of elements in an enumerated type
please
thanks
Claire
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There are several useful replies involving Enum.GetValues.

However, if your enumeration doesn't set explicit values but just
lets them default to 0, 1, 2, ... then I sometime just include a Last
member, e.g.,

enum cardSuits {clubs, spades, diamonds, hearts, Last}

then the number of "real" values in the enumeration reduces
to cardSuits.Last which can be cast to whatever type of
counting variable you wish, int, long, byte...

Oz
 
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