A
A.M-SG
Hi,
Can I have enum contain strings?
Thank you,
Alan
Can I have enum contain strings?
Thank you,
Alan
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G
Guest
Alan,
Afraid not. Integral types only (except char) - sbyte, byte, short, ushort,
int, uint, long and ulong.
All the Best,
Phil.
Afraid not. Integral types only (except char) - sbyte, byte, short, ushort,
int, uint, long and ulong.
All the Best,
Phil.
F
Fred Mellender
No. But if you name them right, you can use myenum.ToString() to get a
string value that might compare to what you want.
string value that might compare to what you want.
N
Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
Alan,
As others have mentioned, no, you can not. In this situation, what I
like to do is declare an enumeration, and then apply attributes to the
values of the enumeration (after all, they are static fields) which I
retrieve at runtime to get the information I need.
Hope this helps.
As others have mentioned, no, you can not. In this situation, what I
like to do is declare an enumeration, and then apply attributes to the
values of the enumeration (after all, they are static fields) which I
retrieve at runtime to get the information I need.
Hope this helps.
A
apm
Nicholas Paldino said:Alan,
As others have mentioned, no, you can not. In this situation, what I
like to do is declare an enumeration, and then apply attributes to the
values of the enumeration (after all, they are static fields) which I
retrieve at runtime to get the information I need.
Are you thinking of somethine like:
public enum Goups
{
sCH3,
etc.
}
GroupAttributes ga = new GroupAttributes (etc.)
GroupAttributes [] gaArray = new etc.
gaArray[(int)sCH3] = ga;
In words: (1) make enum (2) use enum to refer to attributes stored in an
array
???????
Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)
A.M-SG said:Hi,
Can I have enum contain strings?
Thank you,
Alan
N
Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
apm,
No, I'm thinking something more like this:
public class MyAttribute : Attribute
{
// You can put other stuff in here.
}
public enum Goups
{
[field:MyAttribute]
sCH3
}
You can then write a generic routine that takes the enumeration value,
as well as the attribute to return, and return it. It works pretty well.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)
No, I'm thinking something more like this:
public class MyAttribute : Attribute
{
// You can put other stuff in here.
}
public enum Goups
{
[field:MyAttribute]
sCH3
}
You can then write a generic routine that takes the enumeration value,
as well as the attribute to return, and return it. It works pretty well.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)
apm said:Nicholas Paldino said:Alan,
As others have mentioned, no, you can not. In this situation, what I
like to do is declare an enumeration, and then apply attributes to the
values of the enumeration (after all, they are static fields) which I
retrieve at runtime to get the information I need.
Are you thinking of somethine like:
public enum Goups
{
sCH3,
etc.
}
GroupAttributes ga = new GroupAttributes (etc.)
GroupAttributes [] gaArray = new etc.
gaArray[(int)sCH3] = ga;
In words: (1) make enum (2) use enum to refer to attributes stored in an
array
???????Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)
A.M-SG said:Hi,
Can I have enum contain strings?
Thank you,
Alan