Question

I have a flag enumeration (int) mask, and I need to convert it to a string representing the day of a Week.

say this is the FULL string and an arbitrary mask

strFullWeek = "MTWtFSs"
strWeekMask = "0100110"
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strResult   = "-T--FS-"

what way would you propose to obtains strResult from full week and mask strings?

UPDATE

this is my “entire context” (VB.NET)

<Flags()> Public Enum Week
  Monday = 1
  Tuesday = 2
  Wednesday = 4
  Thursday = 8
  Friday = 16
  Saturday = 32
  Sunday = 64
End Enum

Dim mondayOrSunday = Week.Monday Or Week.Sunday
Dim strDays = "MTWtFSs"

Dim strMondayOrSundayBinary = Convert.ToString(
  mondayOrSunday, 2).PadRight(7, CChar("0"))

Dim charMondayOrSunday = strDays.Zip(
  strMondayOrSundayBinary,
  Function(day, mask) If(mask = CChar("1"), day, CChar("-"))).ToArray()

Dim strMondayOrSunday = New String(charMondayOrSunday)

Console.WriteLine("{0} I see as {1}",
                  mondayOrSunday,
                  strMondayOrSunday)

Answer 1

There’s a reasonably neat LINQ way:

var chars = strFullWeek.Zip(strWeekMask, (day, mask) => mask == '1' ? day : '-'))
                       .ToArray();
string text = new string(chars);

It wouldn’t be terribly efficient, but it may be good enough…

EDIT: Okay, assuming you’re happy with C# code for the enum version

// TODO: Rename "Week" to comply with .NET naming conventions
Week mask = Week.Monday | Week.Sunday;
var chars = strFullWeek.Select((value, index) => (int) mask & (1 << index) != 0) 
                                                 ? value : '-')
                       .ToArray();
string text = new string(chars);