Enum String Name from Value

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I have an enum construct like this   public enum EnumDisplayStatus       None      1      Visible   2      Hidden    3      MarkedForDeletion   4     In my database  the enumerations are referenced by value  My question is  how can I turn the number representation of the enum back to the string name    For example  given 2 the result should be Visible

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For getting the String value  Name    EnumDisplayStatus enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus GetDBValue    string stringValue      enumDisplayStatus G       And for getting the enum value   string stringValue      enumDisplayStatus D    SetDBValue Convert ToInt32 stringValue

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you can just cast it  int dbValue   2  EnumDisplayStatus enumValue    EnumDisplayStatus dbValue  string stringName   enumValue ToString      Visible   ah   kent beat me to it

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Use this   string bob   nameof EnumDisplayStatus Visible

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you can just cast it  int dbValue   2  EnumDisplayStatus enumValue    EnumDisplayStatus dbValue  string stringName   enumValue ToString      Visible   ah   kent beat me to it

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You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast  and then call ToString     int value   GetValueFromDb    var enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus value  string stringValue   enumDisplayStatus ToString

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Just cast the int to the enumeration type   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus  statusFromDatabase  string statusString   status ToString

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SOLUTION   int enumValue   2     The value for which you want to get string  string enumName   Enum GetName typeof EnumDisplayStatus   enumValue     Also  using GetName is better than Explicit casting of Enum    Code for Performance Benchmark   Stopwatch sw   new Stopwatch     sw Start     sw Stop     sw Reset     double sum   0  int n   1000  Console WriteLine    nGetName method way     for  int i   0  i  lt  n  i         sw Start        string t   Enum GetName  typeof  Roles   roleValue      sw Stop        sum    sw Elapsed TotalMilliseconds     sw Reset       Console WriteLine    Average of  n  runs using Getname method casting way   sum   n     Console WriteLine    nExplicit casting way     for  int i   0  i  lt  n  i         sw Start        string t     Roles roleValue  ToString        sw Stop        sum    sw Elapsed TotalMilliseconds     sw Reset       Console WriteLine    Average of  n  runs using Explicit casting way   sum   n        Sample result   GetName method way  Average of 1000 runs using Getname method casting way  0 000186899999999998 Explicit casting way  Average of 1000 runs using Explicit casting way  0 000627900000000002

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you can just cast it  int dbValue   2  EnumDisplayStatus enumValue    EnumDisplayStatus dbValue  string stringName   enumValue ToString      Visible   ah   kent beat me to it

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Use this   string bob   nameof EnumDisplayStatus Visible

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The fastest  compile time solution using nameof expression   Returns the literal of the enum   public enum MyEnum       CSV      Excel     string enumAsString   nameof MyEnum CSV     enumAsString    CSV    Note     You wouldn t want to name an enum in full uppercase  but used to demonstrate the case-sensitivity of nameof

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DB to C   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus int Parse GetValueFromDb       C  to DB  string dbStatus     int status  ToString

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you can just cast it  int dbValue   2  EnumDisplayStatus enumValue    EnumDisplayStatus dbValue  string stringName   enumValue ToString      Visible   ah   kent beat me to it

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For getting the String value  Name    EnumDisplayStatus enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus GetDBValue    string stringValue      enumDisplayStatus G       And for getting the enum value   string stringValue      enumDisplayStatus D    SetDBValue Convert ToInt32 stringValue

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You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast  and then call ToString     int value   GetValueFromDb    var enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus value  string stringValue   enumDisplayStatus ToString

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If you need to get a string  Visible  without getting EnumDisplayStatus instance you can do this   int dbValue   GetDBValue    string stringValue   Enum GetName typeof EnumDisplayStatus   dbValue

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If you need to get a string  Visible  without getting EnumDisplayStatus instance you can do this   int dbValue   GetDBValue    string stringValue   Enum GetName typeof EnumDisplayStatus   dbValue

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You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast  and then call ToString     int value   GetValueFromDb    var enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus value  string stringValue   enumDisplayStatus ToString

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Just need   string stringName   EnumDisplayStatus Visible ToString  f       stringName     Visible

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Try this   string m   Enum GetName typeof MyEnumClass   value

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Just cast the int to the enumeration type   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus  statusFromDatabase  string statusString   status ToString

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You can convert the int back to an enumeration member with a simple cast  and then call ToString     int value   GetValueFromDb    var enumDisplayStatus    EnumDisplayStatus value  string stringValue   enumDisplayStatus ToString

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Just need   string stringName   EnumDisplayStatus Visible ToString  f       stringName     Visible

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SOLUTION   int enumValue   2     The value for which you want to get string  string enumName   Enum GetName typeof EnumDisplayStatus   enumValue     Also  using GetName is better than Explicit casting of Enum    Code for Performance Benchmark   Stopwatch sw   new Stopwatch     sw Start     sw Stop     sw Reset     double sum   0  int n   1000  Console WriteLine    nGetName method way     for  int i   0  i  lt  n  i         sw Start        string t   Enum GetName  typeof  Roles   roleValue      sw Stop        sum    sw Elapsed TotalMilliseconds     sw Reset       Console WriteLine    Average of  n  runs using Getname method casting way   sum   n     Console WriteLine    nExplicit casting way     for  int i   0  i  lt  n  i         sw Start        string t     Roles roleValue  ToString        sw Stop        sum    sw Elapsed TotalMilliseconds     sw Reset       Console WriteLine    Average of  n  runs using Explicit casting way   sum   n        Sample result   GetName method way  Average of 1000 runs using Getname method casting way  0 000186899999999998 Explicit casting way  Average of 1000 runs using Explicit casting way  0 000627900000000002

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Try this   string m   Enum GetName typeof MyEnumClass   value

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i have used this code given below   CustomerType     EnumCustomerType  cus CustomerType   ToString

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i have used this code given below   CustomerType     EnumCustomerType  cus CustomerType   ToString

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DB to C   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus int Parse GetValueFromDb       C  to DB  string dbStatus     int status  ToString

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Just cast the int to the enumeration type   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus  statusFromDatabase  string statusString   status ToString

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DB to C   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus int Parse GetValueFromDb       C  to DB  string dbStatus     int status  ToString

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Just cast the int to the enumeration type   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus  statusFromDatabase  string statusString   status ToString

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The fastest  compile time solution using nameof expression   Returns the literal of the enum   public enum MyEnum       CSV      Excel     string enumAsString   nameof MyEnum CSV     enumAsString    CSV    Note     You wouldn t want to name an enum in full uppercase  but used to demonstrate the case-sensitivity of nameof

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DB to C   EnumDisplayStatus status    EnumDisplayStatus int Parse GetValueFromDb       C  to DB  string dbStatus     int status  ToString

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