Return month from dropdown as integer

[Bishman]

Hi,

I am new to C# so forgive my ignorance.

I need to write a month 'number' to a DB, ie January = 1, March=3 etc etc...

I have the month description in a combo box. I used an enum " enum
month{January = 1,February, March....... etc } " to load the combo.

I wanted to use the same to resolve the String retrieved form the combo into
the actual enum value.

How would I do this ??

I attempted to do an 'Array.binarysearch' having populated an array with the
months of the year. That didnt work either.

Any help appreciated.

Jon.

 

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)]

Bishman,

It depends how you populate the combobox.
Example
enum month{January = 1,February, March....... etc }

you can populate the combobox
combobox.Items.Add(month.January);
combobox.Items.Add(month.February);
etc.

you can do: (int)combobox.SelectedItem;

If you populate the combobox with the names of the enumeration items you can
go for

(int)Enum.Parse(typeof(Months), str)

 

[Bishman]

Hi Stoitcho,

Many thanks, the line " (int)Enum.Parse(typeof(Months), str) " is the
one I wanted, works fine.

I had a play around with Enum.Parse today also but just couldnt get it to
play ball.

Many thanks, Much appreciated.

Bish.