Determining if enum value is in list (C#)

Question

I am building a fun little app to determine if I should bike to work.

I would like to test to see if it is either Raining or Thunderstorm(ing).

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Answer 1

I wouldn't limit yourself to the bit world. Enums and bitwise operators are, as you found out, not the same thing. If you want to solve this using bitwise operators, I'd stick to just them, i.e. don't bother with enums. However, I'd something like the following:

        WeatherType[] badWeatherTypes = new WeatherType[]
        {   
            WeatherType.Thunderstorm, 
            WeatherType.Raining
        };

        if (Array.IndexOf(badWeatherTypes, currentWeather.Type) >= 0)
        {
                        return false;
        }