enum basics

[rodchar]

hey all,
is there anyway to ask the Enum what the string value is with a given value?
Like how you would access an element of an array?

enum Myenum
{
test1=1
test2=2
}

This won't work but may better explain:
String a = MyEnum[1];

thanks,
rodchar

 

[gerry]

MyEnum.test1.ToString( );

or

Enum.GetName ( typeof ( MyEnum ) , MyEnum.test1 )

or

Enum.GetNames ( typeof ( MyEnum ) ) [ 0 ]

 

[Jeroen]

What is "none of the above", Alex?

All options will cause you problems if you obfuscate your code, found
that one out the hard way ;-).

Regards,
Jeroen

PS. If this thread was meant as a particular question, then I missed
it...

 

[rodchar]

Thanks Gerry, i appreciate it.
rod.

MyEnum.test1.ToString( );

or

Enum.GetName ( typeof ( MyEnum ) , MyEnum.test1 )

or

Enum.GetNames ( typeof ( MyEnum ) ) [ 0 ]

hey all,
is there anyway to ask the Enum what the string value is with a given
value?
Like how you would access an element of an array?

enum Myenum
{
test1=1
test2=2
}

This won't work but may better explain:
String a = MyEnum[1];

thanks,
rodchar

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

Could you elaborate in what happened to you?

thanks,

 

[Alun Harford]

What is "none of the above", Alex?

All options will cause you problems if you obfuscate your code, found
that one out the hard way ;-).

Hmm... then somewhere you needed to map those enums to strings, which
suggests the obfuscation was totally pointless anyway. As per usual.

Alun Harford

 

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

hey all,
is there anyway to ask the Enum what the string value is with a given
value?
Like how you would access an element of an array?

enum Myenum
{
test1=1
test2=2
}

This won't work but may better explain:
String a = MyEnum[1];

int i = 1;
((Myenum)i).ToString();

 

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

MyEnum.test1.ToString( );

ok, but you specified the enum element by name already

or

Enum.GetName ( typeof ( MyEnum ) , MyEnum.test1 )

ok, but you specified the enum element by name again

or

Enum.GetNames ( typeof ( MyEnum ) ) [ 0 ]

This returns the first name, not the name corresponding to the value (0).

hey all,
is there anyway to ask the Enum what the string value is with a given
value?
Like how you would access an element of an array?

enum Myenum
{
test1=1
test2=2
}

This won't work but may better explain:
String a = MyEnum[1];

thanks,
rodchar