C++ string to enum

Question

Is there a simple way in C++ to convert a string to an enum (similar to Enum.Parse in C#)? A switch statement would be very long, so I was wondering i

Answer 1

Use std::map and use boost::map_list_of to easily initialize it.

Example,

enum X
{
   A,
   B,
   C
};

std::map xmap = boost::map_list_of("A", A)("B", B)("C",C);