Enum String Name from Value

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jdee picture jdee · Nov 21, 2008 · Viewed 549.2k times · Source

I have an enum construct like this:

public enum EnumDisplayStatus
{
    None    = 1,
    Visible = 2,
    Hidden  = 3,
    MarkedForDeletion = 4
}

In my database, the enumerations are referenced by value. My question is, how can I turn the number representation of the enum back to the string name.

For example, given 2 the result should be Visible.

Answer

Kent Boogaart picture Kent Boogaart · Nov 21, 2008

You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast, and then call ToString():

int value = GetValueFromDb();
var enumDisplayStatus = (EnumDisplayStatus)value;
string stringValue = enumDisplayStatus.ToString();

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