Get int value from enum in C#

Question

I have a class called Questions (plural). In this class there is an enum called Question (singular) which looks like this.

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Answer 1

My favourite hack with int or smaller enums:

GetHashCode();

For an enum

public enum Test
{
    Min = Int32.MinValue,
    One = 1,
    Max = Int32.MaxValue,
}

This,

var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Test));

foreach (var val in values)
{
    Console.WriteLine(val.GetHashCode());
    Console.WriteLine(((int)val));
    Console.WriteLine(val);
}

outputs

one
1
1
max
2147483647
2147483647
min
-2147483648
-2147483648

Disclaimer:

It doesn't work for enums based on long.