Convert String to Enum in C#

Steilla Mitchel 787 11 Jun 2024

Ask by Steilla Mitchel

Updated 11 Jun 2024

1 Answers

Ravi Vishwakarma 11 Jun 2024

You can convert a string to an enum using the Enum.Parse() method. Here's how you can do it:

using System;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    public class Program
    {
        public enum Days
        {
            Monday,
            Tuesday,
            Wednesday,
            Thursday,
            Friday,
            Saturday,
            Sunday
        }

        public static void Main()
        {
            string userInput = "Tuesday";

            try
            {
                Days day = ParseEnum<Days>(userInput);
                Console.WriteLine("Converted enum value: " + day);
            }
            catch (ArgumentException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Invalid enum value");
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        public static TEnum ParseEnum<TEnum>(string value)
        {
            return (TEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(TEnum), value);
        }
    }
}

This code snippet demonstrates converting the string "Tuesday" to the enum value Days.Tuesday. The Enum.Parse() method takes two parameters: the type of the enum (typeof(Days)) and the string representation of the enum value (userInput).

Remember to handle exceptions if the string does not match any of the enum values to prevent runtime errors.

Read more -

Convert int to enum in C#

How to combine two arrays without duplicate values in C#?

When to use Struct over Class in C#