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c#parsingfonts
user270014
user270014

Reputation: 581

Return FontStyle from string name

I want to write a function which will return FontStyle and take string as Parameter

FontStyle f = function ("Italic"); // FontStyles.Italic

I don't want to write Switch case or if else statements to do the same.

Can it be done for case insensitive strings? 

FontStyle f = function ("italic");
FontStyle f = function ("itAlic");

should return same.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7570

Answers (2)

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 101

In C# it is just an enumeration. So you can convert it like this:

FontStyle f = (FontStyle)Enum.Parse(typeof(FontStyle), "Italic", true);

Upvotes: 10

Daniel Hilgarth
Daniel Hilgarth

Reputation: 174299

You can use reflection for this:

var propertyInfo = typeof(FontStyles).GetProperty("Italic",
                                                  BindingFlags.Static |
                                                  BindingFlags.Public |
                                                  BindingFlags.IgnoreCase);
FontStyle f = (FontStyle)propertyInfo.GetValue(null, null);

Upvotes: 7

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