How do I create an enum from a string in Kotlin?

Question

I have an enum with some instances Foo and Bar. If I have a string \"Foo\", how can I instantiate a Foo enum from that?

Answer 1

Would do it like

enum class MyEnum {
  Foo, Bar, Baz
}

val value = MyEnum.values().firstOrNull {it.name == "Foo"} // results to MyEnum.Foo