How to get next (or previous) enum value in C#

Question

I have an enum which is defined like this:

public enum eRat { A = 0, B=3, C=5, D=8 };

So given value eRat.B, I want to get the

Answer 1

For simple solution, you might just extract array from enum.

eRat[] list = (eRat[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(eRat));

Then you can enumerate

foreach (eRat item in list)
    //Do something

Or find next item

int index = Array.IndexOf(list, eRat.B);
eRat nextItem = list[index + 1];

Storing the array is better than extracting from enum each time you want next value.

But if you want more beautiful solution, create the class.

public class EnumEnumerator : IEnumerator, IEnumerable {
    int _index;
    T[] _list;

    public EnumEnumerator() {
        if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        _list = (T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T));
    }
    public T Current {
        get { return _list[_index]; }
    }
    public bool MoveNext() {
        if (_index + 1 >= _list.Length)
            return false;
        _index++;
        return true;
    }
    public bool MovePrevious() {
        if (_index <= 0)
            return false;
        _index--;
        return true;
    }
    public bool Seek(T item) {
        int i = Array.IndexOf(_list, item);
        if (i >= 0) {
            _index = i;
            return true;
        } else
            return false;
    }
    public void Reset() {
        _index = 0;
    }
    public IEnumerator GetEnumerator() {
        return ((IEnumerable)_list).GetEnumerator();
    }
    void IDisposable.Dispose() { }
    object System.Collections.IEnumerator.Current {
        get { return Current; }
    }
    System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() {
        return _list.GetEnumerator();
    }
}

Instantiate

var eRatEnum = new EnumEnumerator();

Iterate

foreach (eRat item in eRatEnum)
    //Do something

MoveNext

eRatEnum.Seek(eRat.B);
eRatEnum.MoveNext();
eRat nextItem = eRatEnum.Current;