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Vaccano
Vaccano

Reputation: 82341

Set In enum for C#

I would like to find a way to check to see if a set of values are contained in my variable.

[Flags]
public enum Combinations
{
    Type1CategoryA = 0x01,      // 00000001
    Type1CategoryB = 0x02,      // 00000010
    Type1CategoryC = 0x04,      // 00000100
    Type2CategoryA = 0x08,      // 00001000
    Type2CategoryB = 0x10,      // 00010000
    Type2CategoryC = 0x20,      // 00100000
    Type3 = 0x40                // 01000000
}

bool CheckForCategoryB(byte combinations)
{

    // This is where I am making up syntax

    if (combinations in [Combinations.Type1CategoryB, Combinations.Type2CategoryB])
        return true;
    return false;

    // End made up syntax
}

I am a transplant to .NET from Delphi. This is fairly easy code to write in Delphi, but I am not sure how to do it in C#.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 259

Answers (3)

Maxime Rouiller
Maxime Rouiller

Reputation: 13699

For an easier way to "check" those value, you might want to check Umbrella on CodePlex. They built some nice and sweet Extension Methods for verifiing bit flags on enums. Yes it's an abstraction but I think we should focus more on the readability than the implementation itself.

Enjoy.

Upvotes: 1

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062780

If you mean "at least one of the flags":

return (combinations
     & (byte)( Combinations.Type1CategoryB | Combinations.Type2CategoryB)) != 0;

also - if you declare it as Combinations combinations (rather than byte), you can drop the (byte)

bool CheckForCategoryC(Combinations combinations)
{
    return (combinations & (Combinations.Type1CategoryB | Combinations.Type2CategoryB) ) != 0;
}

If you mean "exactly one of", I would just use a switch or if etc.

Upvotes: 16

CaffGeek
CaffGeek

Reputation: 22054

I think like this, if I understand the question correctly

if (combinations == Combinations.Type1CategoryB | Combinations.Type2CategoryB)

Upvotes: -2

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