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IEnumerable Extension Methods on an Enum
How can I use Generics to create a way of making an IEnumerable from an enum?

Given enums like this:

public enum City
{
    London    = 1,
    Liverpool  = 20,
    Leeds       = 25
}

public enum House
{
    OneFloor    = 1,
    TwoFloors = 2
}

How can I convert these into an IEnumerable lists with two fields named “data” and “value”. Would it be possible to have a generic method or way of doing this? Please not that the values are not always sequential.

Answer 1

You can use Enum.GetValues:

City[] values = (City[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(City));
var valuesWithNames = from value in values
                      select new { value = (int)value, name = value.ToString() };