Difference between Enum.GetValues and Enum.GetNames

Question

I see the Enum.GetValues returns base Array type and Enum.GetNames returns a string array. But I don\'t understand how th

Answer 1

GetValues will return an Array of the underlying integer values for each item in the Enum.

GetNames will return a string array of the Names for the items in the enum.

The Array returned by GetValues implements IList while the string[] returned by GetNames does not, which explains the binding differences.