Question

Say I have enum as follows (taken from MSDN example):

enum Days {Sat=1, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri};

I can then use is in the code as follows:

int today = (int)Days.Sun;

Question:

Can I evaluate enums? Say I have a variable Day whose value is “Sun”.
Will Days.Day evaluate to Days.Sun?

Thanks!

Please don’t get hung up on the days example and tell me I should use comparison etc…i am looking to replace the usage of arrays with enums as it is more compact. So what I am looking for is essentially an ability to retrieve values from enum similar to an array:

myArray[Day] where day will evaluate to array key….

Answer 1

Am I right in saying you’ve got:

string day = "Sun";

and you want to get back the value Days.Sun?

If so, use:

string day = "Sun";
Day day = (Day) Enum.Parse(typeof(Days), day);