Enum.Parse()

[John A Grandy]

Is this the hardest method in the entire .NET class lib?

Seems like it works differently for different enumTypes

I code

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"moderate",true);

and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".

But the Enum.Parse() docs say that the 1st param should be an enumType !

This is bewildering.

 

[Lucian Wischik]

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"moderate",true);
and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".
But the Enum.Parse() docs say that the 1st param should be an enumType !

The docs mean it should be a System.Type, one that represents an
enumeration. So presumably
Enum.Parse(typeof(SafeSearchOptions),...);

 

[D.S. Fallow]

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"moderate",true);

and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".

MyEnum.Member var = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), "whatever");

 

[SP]

MyEnum.Member var = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), "whatever");

If you are using .Net 2.0 then you can use the following method. Put it in a
utility class.

public static T ParseEnum<T>(string s)
{
return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), s);
}