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Steilla Mitchel 395 11-Jun-2024

Convert String to Enum in C#

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Updated on 11-Jun-2024

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Ravi Vishwakarma

11-Jun-2024

You can convert a string to an enum using the Enum.Parse() method. Here's how you can do it:

using System;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    public class Program
    {
        public enum Days
        {
            Monday,
            Tuesday,
            Wednesday,
            Thursday,
            Friday,
            Saturday,
            Sunday
        }

        public static void Main()
        {
            string userInput = "Tuesday";

            try
            {
                Days day = ParseEnum<Days>(userInput);
                Console.WriteLine("Converted enum value: " + day);
            }
            catch (ArgumentException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Invalid enum value");
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

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

This code snippet demonstrates converting the string "Tuesday" to the enum value Days.Tuesday. The Enum.Parse() method takes two parameters: the type of the enum (typeof(Days)) and the string representation of the enum value (userInput).

Remember to handle exceptions if the string does not match any of the enum values to prevent runtime errors.

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