Question

How do I do a simple compare of an enum value and a string that should match the enums name?

How do I parse the string into it’s appropriate enum value.

For example,

Enum A      B=0      C=1      D=2 End Enum 

How do I check if String = A.C and how do I convert string into its corresponding A value without comparing it to a string representation?

Answer 1

There are several different methods that are related:

Enum.GetName(typeof(A), A.C) == 'C' A.C.ToString() == 'C' ((A)Enum.Parse(typeof(A), 'C')) == A.C 

The first two convert the value of A.C to a string representation ('C') and then compare it to a string. The last one converts the string 'C' to a type A, and then compares as an actual type A.

Enum to string: enumValue.ToString() or Enum.GetName(typeof(A), A.C)

String to enum: (A)Enum.Parse(typeof(A), 'C')

Note that none of those will really work if the enumeration is marked with FlagsAttribute.