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[JezB]

Given an enum :

public enum FlavourCategory {None = -1, Personal = -3, Local = -2,
Predefined = 1};

How can I convert a string eg. "-2" into a FlavourCategory ? I dont want to
write a switch statement.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

JezB <je**@somewhere.com> wrote:

Given an enum :

public enum FlavourCategory {None = -1, Personal = -3, Local = -2,
Predefined = 1};

How can I convert a string eg. "-2" into a FlavourCategory ? I dont want to
write a switch statement.

Just convert it to an int and then cast it:

int foo = int.Parse("-2");
FlavourCategory bar = (FlavourCategory) foo;

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[APG]

Hi,

string categoryName = ((FlavourCategory)(-2)).ToString();

categoryName, in this case, will have the value "Local".

HTH,
APG

JezB wrote:

Given an enum :

public enum FlavourCategory {None = -1, Personal = -3, Local = -2,
Predefined = 1};

How can I convert a string eg. "-2" into a FlavourCategory ? I dont want to
write a switch statement.

FlavourCategory var =
(FlavourCategory)Enum.Parse(typeof(FlavourCategory ),"-2");

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Given an enum :

public enum FlavourCategory {None = -1, Personal = -3, Local = -2,
Predefined = 1};

How can I convert a string eg. "-2" into a FlavourCategory ? I dont want to write a switch statement.