How to get enum value by string or int

Question

How can I get the enum value if I have the enum string or enum int value. eg: If i have an enum as follows:

public enum TestEnum
{
    Value1 = 1,
    Value         


        

Answer 1

Following is the method in C# to get the enum value by string

///
/// Method to get enumeration value from string value.
///
///
///

public T GetEnumValue<T>(string str) where T : struct, IConvertible
{
    if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
    {
        throw new Exception("T must be an Enumeration type.");
    }
    T val = ((T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))[0];
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
    {
        foreach (T enumValue in (T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
        {
            if (enumValue.ToString().ToUpper().Equals(str.ToUpper()))
            {
                val = enumValue;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return val;
}

Following is the method in C# to get the enum value by int.

///
/// Method to get enumeration value from int value.
///
///
///

public T GetEnumValue<T>(int intValue) where T : struct, IConvertible
{
    if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
    {
        throw new Exception("T must be an Enumeration type.");
    }
    T val = ((T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))[0];

    foreach (T enumValue in (T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
    {
        if (Convert.ToInt32(enumValue).Equals(intValue))
        {
            val = enumValue;
            break;
        }             
    }
    return val;
}

If I have an enum as follows:

public enum TestEnum
{
    Value1 = 1,
    Value2 = 2,
    Value3 = 3
}

then I can make use of above methods as

TestEnum reqValue = GetEnumValue<TestEnum>("Value1");  // Output: Value1
TestEnum reqValue2 = GetEnumValue<TestEnum>(2);        // OutPut: Value2

Hope this will help.

Answer 2

From SQL database get enum like:

SqlDataReader dr = selectCmd.ExecuteReader();
while (dr.Read()) {
   EnumType et = (EnumType)Enum.Parse(typeof(EnumType), dr.GetString(0));
   ....         
}

Answer 3

There are numerous ways to do this, but if you want a simple example, this will do. It just needs to be enhanced with necessary defensive coding to check for type safety and invalid parsing, etc.

    /// <summary>
    /// Extension method to return an enum value of type T for the given string.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="value"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value)
    {
        return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, true);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Extension method to return an enum value of type T for the given int.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="value"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static T ToEnum<T>(this int value)
    {
        var name = Enum.GetName(typeof(T), value);
        return name.ToEnum<T>();
    }

Answer 4

Simply try this

It's another way

public enum CaseOriginCode
{
    Web = 0,
    Email = 1,
    Telefoon = 2
}

public void setCaseOriginCode(string CaseOriginCode)
{
    int caseOriginCode = (int)(CaseOriginCode)Enum.Parse(typeof(CaseOriginCode), CaseOriginCode);
}