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paragjagdale on 04/08/08

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Convert a string to its respective Enum member

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This snippet accepts a string which is assumed to be the string version of one of the members and returns an enum object with the respective member selected.*

*Thanks to user: mcbutterbuns for improving upon my version of this snippet

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public enum PayTypeList
    {
 
        Unknown,
 
        Hourly,
 
        Salary,
    }
 
PayTypeList payType = (PayTypeList)Enum.Parse(typeof(PayTypeList), "Hourly");
 
// Throws an ArgumentException if the string is found not to be one of the members of the enum (in this case, if you pass in a string "Weekly" instead of "Hourly", it will throw an ArgumentException)