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SubZero answered on April 7, 2020 Popularity 8/10 Helpfulness 6/10

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To convert a string to an enum in C#, you can use the Enum.Parse() method. Here's an example:

Suppose you have an enum defined like this:

enum Color
{
    Red,
    Green,
    Blue
}

//And you have a string variable containing the name of the enum value you 
//want to convert to, like this:
string colorName = "Green";

//You can convert this string to an enum value like this:
Color color = (Color)Enum.Parse(typeof(Color), colorName);

//This will parse the string colorName as a member of the Color enumeration and assign it to the color variable.

//Note that Enum.Parse() is case-sensitive, so if the string does not match the name of an enum 
//member exactly, it will throw an exception. You can use the Enum.TryParse() method to avoid the exception and handle
//errors more gracefully.

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Enum.TryParse("Active", out StatusEnum myStatus);

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StatusEnum MyStatus = (StatusEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(StatusEnum), "Active", true);

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MyEnum enumValue = Enum.Parse<MyEnum>(stringValue);

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string str = "Dog";
Animal animal = (Animal)Enum.Parse(typeof(Animal), str);  // Animal.Dog
Animal animal = (Animal)Enum.Parse(typeof(Animal), str, true); // case insensitive

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using System;

Enum.tryParse("input", out EnumName myEnum);

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var foo = (YourEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(YourEnum), yourString);
if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(YourEnum), foo))
{
    return foo;
}

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public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value, T defaultValue) 
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
    {
        return defaultValue;
    }

    T result;
    return Enum.TryParse<T>(value, true, out result) ? result : defaultValue;
}

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/// 09/14/2022 Mahesh Kumar Yadav. <br/>
/// <summary>
/// Convert string to enum
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value)
{
    return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, true);
}

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string stringValue = "SomeValue"; // The string value you want to convert
YourEnum enumValue;

if (Enum.TryParse(stringValue, out enumValue))
{
    // The conversion was successful
    // 'enumValue' now represents the corresponding enum value
    Console.WriteLine("Converted value: " + enumValue);
}
else
{
    // The string value does not match any of the enum values
    Console.WriteLine("Invalid string value");
}

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