Question

I have three different Enum and all of three has same identifier but different values. I want to access particular enum based on some condition.

for example:

Public Enum Type1
     Font = 10
     Color = 11 
End Enum

Public Enum Type2
     Font = 20
     Color = 21
End Enum

Public Enum Type3
     Font = 30
     Color = 31
End Enum

And based on certain condition i need to access particular enum. for example,

if(somecondition = 1) 
    return Type1.Font
else if (somecondition = 2)
    return Type2.Font
else if (somecondition = 3)
    return Type3.Font

I need to repeat same logic to access other enum identifier. Is there any way I can write generic method that return me enum value?

for example,

public function GetEnumValue(enumtype, identifier) as integer

  return enumtype.identifier 

end function

Is there any way to write above generic function to return enum value?

Updated: I am looking for method like GetEnumValue(Type1,Font) that returns enum value in integer (in this case 10 for type1.font)

Answer 1

Your question is extremely unclear.

You may be looking for

return Enum.Parse(enumType, valueName);

Where enumType is a Type object and valueName is a string.