Question

 public Enum Days
 {
    Monday = 1,
    Tuesday = 2,
    Wednesday = 3,
    Thursday = 4,
    Friday = 5,
    Saturday = 6,
    Sunday = 7
 }

Now I wanted to know how do I get the integer value of an enum and convert an integer value into enum

Will

       int dayNo = (int) Days.Monday;

change the value of dayNo to 1;

and

Will

        Days day = (Days) 2;

assign Days.Tuesday to the variable day ??

How about is this the best way to do the parsing??

Answer 1

Yes it will do exactly that except Enum should be enum

public enum Days
 {
    Monday = 1,
    Tuesday = 2,
    Wednesday = 3,
    Thursday = 4,
    Friday = 5,
    Saturday = 6,
    Sunday = 7
 }

To use Enum.Parse you MUST provide a string so if you want to cast from the int you’d have to go via a string which is ugly.

Days x = (Days)Enum.Parse(typeof(Days), "3");
Days y = (Days)Enum.Parse(typeof(Days), 3.ToString());

… both give you wednesday.