Dart How to get the “value” of an enum

Question

Before enums were available in Dart I wrote some cumbersome and hard to maintain code to simulate enums and now want to simplify it. I need to get the value of the enum as

Answer 1

This is your enum:

enum Day {
  monday,
  tuesday,
}

Create an extension (may need to import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';)

extension DayEx on Day {
  String get inString => describeEnum(this);
}

Usage:

void main() {
  Day monday = Day.monday;
  String inString = monday.inString; // 'monday'
}