Set enum variable using int

[Brian Haynes]

I've read all the posts in this forum that I can find that look related to
this issue and I have only found 1 solution that I consider to be a bit of a
hack. What I want to do is assign a value to an enum variable using an int.
What I am using right now is something like this:

public enum MyEnum
{
value1,
value2,
value3
};

....

MyEnum var1;

// this value actually comes from a database so I can't substitute the
literal value
int intVar = 1;

var1 = (MyEnum)Enum.Pa rse(var1.GetTyp e(), intVar.ToString ());

Is there a simpler way to do this? It doesn't seem like setting the value
should require converting to string and then parsing and casting.

[James Swindell]

Re: Set enum variable using int

Have you tried just casting the integer value?

MyEnum m = (MyEnum)1;

"Brian Haynes" <BrianHaynes@di scussions.micro soft.com> wrote in message
news:593F51DF-2C97-4EB8-B526-3F084FABF821@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> I've read all the posts in this forum that I can find that look related to
> this issue and I have only found 1 solution that I consider to be a bit of
> a
> hack. What I want to do is assign a value to an enum variable using an
> int.
> What I am using right now is something like this:
>
> public enum MyEnum
> {
> value1,
> value2,
> value3
> };
>
> ...
>
> MyEnum var1;
>
> // this value actually comes from a database so I can't substitute the
> literal value
> int intVar = 1;
>
> var1 = (MyEnum)Enum.Pa rse(var1.GetTyp e(), intVar.ToString ());
>
> Is there a simpler way to do this? It doesn't seem like setting the value
> should require converting to string and then parsing and casting.[/color]

[MuZZy]

Re: Set enum variable using int

Brian Haynes wrote:[color=blue]
> I've read all the posts in this forum that I can find that look related to
> this issue and I have only found 1 solution that I consider to be a bit of a
> hack. What I want to do is assign a value to an enum variable using an int.
> What I am using right now is something like this:
>
> public enum MyEnum
> {
> value1,
> value2,
> value3
> };
>
> ...
>
> MyEnum var1;
>
> // this value actually comes from a database so I can't substitute the
> literal value
> int intVar = 1;
>
> var1 = (MyEnum)Enum.Pa rse(var1.GetTyp e(), intVar.ToString ());
>
> Is there a simpler way to do this? It doesn't seem like setting the value
> should require converting to string and then parsing and casting.[/color]

Try this:

var1 = (MyEnum)intVar;


It works for me

MuZZy

[Gabriel Lozano-Morán]

Re: Set enum variable using int

var1 = (myEnum)intVar;

Gabriel Lozano-Morán

[Alex K.]

RE: Set enum variable using int

use

var1 = (MyEnum)intVar;

and don't forget to catch the exception because the values coming from
database may be out of your enum range.

HTH
Alex

"Brian Haynes" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I've read all the posts in this forum that I can find that look related to
> this issue and I have only found 1 solution that I consider to be a bit of a
> hack. What I want to do is assign a value to an enum variable using an int.
> What I am using right now is something like this:
>
> public enum MyEnum
> {
> value1,
> value2,
> value3
> };
>
> ...
>
> MyEnum var1;
>
> // this value actually comes from a database so I can't substitute the
> literal value
> int intVar = 1;
>
> var1 = (MyEnum)Enum.Pa rse(var1.GetTyp e(), intVar.ToString ());
>
> Is there a simpler way to do this? It doesn't seem like setting the value
> should require converting to string and then parsing and casting.[/color]

[Mythran]

Re: Set enum variable using int


"Brian Haynes" <BrianHaynes@di scussions.micro soft.com> wrote in message
news:593F51DF-2C97-4EB8-B526-3F084FABF821@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> I've read all the posts in this forum that I can find that look related to
> this issue and I have only found 1 solution that I consider to be a bit of
> a
> hack. What I want to do is assign a value to an enum variable using an
> int.
> What I am using right now is something like this:
>
> public enum MyEnum
> {
> value1,
> value2,
> value3
> };
>
> ...
>
> MyEnum var1;
>
> // this value actually comes from a database so I can't substitute the
> literal value
> int intVar = 1;
>
> var1 = (MyEnum)Enum.Pa rse(var1.GetTyp e(), intVar.ToString ());
>
> Is there a simpler way to do this? It doesn't seem like setting the value
> should require converting to string and then parsing and casting.[/color]

public enum MyEnum : int
{
Value1 = 0,
Value2,
Value3
};

MyEnum var1 = (MyEnum) 1;
MyEnum var2 = MyEnum.Value2;
MyEnum var3 = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(type of(MyEnum), "Value3", true);

The above three can be done.

What I do, as a side note, is store the values in a database as the names of
the enumeration value. For example, I if I had MyEnum (as in the above
example), I would not store a value of 0, 1, or 2 into the database...I
would store the string "Value1", "Value2", or "Value3". I would then use
Enum.Parse() to convert the value to MyEnum. I do it this way "most of the
time" so users don't have to "guess" what those values are when they create
their AdHoc reports.

Hope this helps :)

Mythran

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

RE: Set enum variable using int

Alex K. <AlexK@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote:[color=blue]
> var1 = (MyEnum)intVar;
>
> and don't forget to catch the exception because the values coming from
> database may be out of your enum range.[/color]

No exception will be thrown with the above code - enums do no range
checking.

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