Question

I have an enum construct like this:

public enum EnumDisplayStatus {     None    = 1,     Visible = 2,     Hidden  = 3,     MarkedForDeletion = 4 } 

In my database, the enumerations are referenced by value. My question is, how can I turn the number representation of the enum back to the string name.

For example, given 2 the result should be Visible.

Answer 1

You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast, and then call ToString():

int value = GetValueFromDb(); var enumDisplayStatus = (EnumDisplayStatus)value; string stringValue = enumDisplayStatus.ToString();