Enum from String

Question

I have an Enum and a function to create it from a String because i couldn\'t find a built in way to do it

Answer 1

I improved Collin Jackson's answer using Dart 2.7 Extension Methods to make it more elegant.

enum Fruit { apple, banana }

extension EnumParser on String {
  Fruit toFruit() {
    return Fruit.values.firstWhere(
        (e) => e.toString().toLowerCase() == 'fruit.$this'.toLowerCase(),
        orElse: () => null); //return null if not found
  }
}

main() {
  Fruit apple = 'apple'.toFruit();
  assert(apple == Fruit.apple); //true
}