how to compare string with enum in C#

Question

string strName = \"John\";
public enum Name { John,Peter }

private void DoSomething(string myname)
{
case1:
     if(myname.Equals(Name.John) //returns false
     {
         


        

Answer 1

One solution could be to get the type of the enum, and then the types name.

myname.Equals(Enum.GetName(typeof(Name)))

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.enum.getname.aspx