Convert an Enum to String
- by Aamir Hasan
Retrieves
the name of the constant in the specified enumeration that has the
specified value.
If
you have used an enum before you will know that it can represent
numbers (usually int but also byte, sbyte, short, ushort, int, uint,
long, and ulong) but not strings.
I
created my enum and I was in
the process of coding up a lookup table to convert my enum parameter
back into a string when I found this handy method called Enum.GetName().
using System;public class GetNameTest { enum Colors { Red, Green, Blue, Yellow }; enum Styles { Plaid, Striped, Tartan, Corduroy }; public static void Main() {Response.Write("The 4th value of the Colors Enum is" + Enum.GetName(typeof(Colors), 3));Response.Write("The 4th value of the Styles Enum is "+ Enum.GetName(typeof(Styles), 3)); }}Reference:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.enum.getname.aspxhttp://www.studentacad.com/post/2010/03/31/Convert-an-Enum-to-String.aspx
