How can I get an enum value from its description?

Question

I have an enum representing all material assembly codes in the system:

public enum EAssemblyUnit
{
    [Description(\"UCAL1\")]
    eUCAL1,
    [Description(         


        

Answer 1

public EAssemblyUnit FromDescription(string AU)
{
    EAssemblyUnit eAU = Enum.Parse(typeof(EAssemblyUnit), AU, true);
    return eAU;
}