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Alan2
Alan2

Reputation: 24562

Returning the text (string value) of an enum value

I have this enum:

public enum Lang
{
    English = 0,
    Romaji = 1,
    Kana = 2,
    Kanji = 3,
}

I know I can write:

var a = Lang.English
var b = a;

and set b to be equal to 0. However is there any way that I can set b equal to "English" if given a?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 69

Answers (1)

Christos
Christos

Reputation: 53958

Essentially an enum is a set of named constants. So instead of using the constants, you use their names to make your code more readable.

The value of b would be equal to the named constant Lang.English and it's type wouldn't be of a string but it would be of Lang. So casting b to an int, you would get 0.

However is there any way that I can set b equal to "English" if given a?

Yes, you could try the following:

string b = Enum.GetName(typeof(Lang),Lang.English);

For a demo, please have a look here

Upvotes: 5

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