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How do I enumerate an enum in C#? 26 answers
public enum Foos
{
A,
B,
C
}
Is there a way to loop through the possible values of Foos
?
Basically?
foreach(Foo in Foos)
This question already has an answer here:
How do I enumerate an enum in C#? 26 answers
public enum Foos
{
A,
B,
C
}
Is there a way to loop through the possible values of Foos
?
Basically?
foreach(Foo in Foos)
Yes you can use the GetValues
method:
var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos));
Or the typed version:
var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos)).Cast<Foos>();
I long ago added a helper function to my private library for just such an occasion:
public static class EnumUtil {
public static IEnumerable<T> GetValues<T>() {
return Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)).Cast<T>();
}
}
Usage:
var values = EnumUtil.GetValues<Foos>();
foreach(Foos foo in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos)))
foreach (EMyEnum val in Enum.GetValues(typeof(EMyEnum)))
{
Console.WriteLine(val);
}
Credit to Jon Skeet here: http://bytes.com/groups/net-c/266447-how-loop-each-items-enum
foreach (Foos foo in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos)))
{
...
}
UPDATED
Some time on, I see a comment that brings me back to my old answer, and I think I\'d do it differently now. These days I\'d write:
private static IEnumerable<T> GetEnumValues<T>()
{
// Can\'t use type constraints on value types, so have to do check like this
if (typeof(T).BaseType != typeof(Enum))
{
throw new ArgumentException(\"T must be of type System.Enum\");
}
return Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)).Cast<T>();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (int value in Enum.GetValues(typeof(DaysOfWeek)))
{
Console.WriteLine(((DaysOfWeek)value).ToString());
}
foreach (string value in Enum.GetNames(typeof(DaysOfWeek)))
{
Console.WriteLine(value);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
public enum DaysOfWeek
{
monday,
tuesday,
wednesday
}
Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos))
Yes. Use GetValues()
method in System.Enum
class.