Question

hi all as i know that we can change value type in referance type by boxing and unboxing concept. so i want to ask that enum is a value type so can we change it in referance type ?
like int a =5 is a value type we can convert it as referance type ,can we do same thing with enum;

Answer 1

Your question is somewhat unclear, but yes, you can box enum values in the same way as other value types. One interesting point is that you although the boxed enum value retains the appropriate enum type, you can unbox from an enum to its underlying type, or vice versa:

using System;

enum Color { Red, Green, Blue }

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Color c = Color.Blue;
        object o = c;        
        int i = (int) o;
        Console.WriteLine(i); // Prints 2

        i = 1;
        o = i;
        c = (Color) o;
        Console.WriteLine(c); // Prints Green
    }
}