Search for a string in Enum and return the Enum

Question

I have an enumeration:

public enum MyColours
{
    Red,
    Green,
    Blue,
    Yellow,
    Fuchsia,
    Aqua,
    Orange
}

and I have a s

Answer 1

I marked OregonGhost's answer +1, then I tried to use the iteration and realised it wasn't quite right because Enum.GetNames returns strings. You want Enum.GetValues:

public MyColours GetColours(string colour)
{  
   foreach (MyColours mc in Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyColours))) 
   if (mc.ToString() == surveySystem) 
      return mc;

   return MyColors.Default;
}