Enum.Parse()

[John A Grandy]

Is this the hardest method in the entire .NET class lib?

Seems like it works differently for different enumTypes

I code

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"m oderate",true);

and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".

But the Enum.Parse() docs say that the 1st param should be an enumType !

This is bewildering.

[Lucian Wischik]

"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo-dot-com> wrote:

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions," moderate",true);
and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".
But the Enum.Parse() docs say that the 1st param should be an enumType !

The docs mean it should be a System.Type, one that represents an
enumeration. So presumably
Enum.Parse(typeof(SafeSearchOptions),...);

--
Lucian

[D.S. Fallow]

"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo-dot-com> wrote in news:
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SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"m oderate",true);

and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".

MyEnum.Member var = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), "whatever");

--
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.simulplex.net/

[SP]

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"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo-dot-com> wrote in news:
#R*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

SearchRequest.SafeSearch =
(SafeSearchOptions)Enum.Parse(SafeSearchOptions,"m oderate",true);

and it tells me that "SafeSearchOptions is a type but is used like a
variable".

MyEnum.Member var = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), "whatever");

If you are using .Net 2.0 then you can use the following method. Put it in a
utility class.

public static T ParseEnum<T>(string s)
{
return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), s);
}