get value from c# enums

Question

I have an enum

public enum ProductionStatus {
    Received = 000,
    Validated = 010,
    PlannedAndConverted = 020,
    InProduction = 030,
    QAChecked          


        

Answer 1

With Formatting:

((int)ProductionStatus.Validated).ToString("000",  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

That's short and simple, and it returns a string.

You can factor that into an extension method if you like

public static class ProdStatusExtensions {
    public static string (this ProductionStatus status) {
        return ((int)status).ToString ("000",  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    }
}