Comments on snippet: 'Convert a string to its respective Enum member'

Comments on snippet: 'Convert a string to its respective Enum member' http://snipplr.com Snipplr comments feed' en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:51 GMT paragjagdale said on 4/8/08 http://snipplr.com/view/5750/convert-a-string-to-its-respective-enum-member/ cool! it works and throws the ArgumentException as you said. Thanks for the tip!

]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:55:15 GMT http://snipplr.com/view/5750/convert-a-string-to-its-respective-enum-member/ mcbutterbuns said on 4/8/08 http://snipplr.com/view/5750/convert-a-string-to-its-respective-enum-member/ There is a simpler way than this snip:

(PayTypeList)Enum.Parse(typeof(PayTypeList), "Hourly");

Will through an ArgumentException (I believe) if the string is cannot be parsed into the type of enum requested.

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