Question

I have an enumeration with [Flag] attribute set on it.

[Flags]
public enum PageTags { IsBlog = 2, HasAnalytics = 4, AppearsInSitemap = 8 }

Now, from an XML file, I get a string representation of the page metadata:

<page ... tags="IsBlog, HasAnalytics" />

My question is, how can I convert that CSV string into a variable of type PageTags?

PageTags tags = XElement.Attribute("tags").Value.?;

Answer 1

Check this Enum.Parse overload:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/essfb559.aspx