Thursday, 24 March 2016

Loop through a C# enum's keys AND values




Given the C# enum:




public enum stuffEnum: int
{
New = 0,
Old = 1,
Fresh = 2
}


How do I loop through it in a way that I can copy both the key and its value in a single loop? Something like:




foreach(var item in stuffEnum)
{
NewObject thing = new NewObject{
Name = item.Key,
Number = item.Value
}
}



So you would end up with 3 objects, with their Name properties set to "New", "Old", and "Fresh", and the Number properties set to 0, 1 and 2.



How do I do this?


Answer



The Enum class has the Methods you're looking for.



foreach(int i in Enum.GetValues(typeof(stuff)))
{
String name = Enum.GetName(typeof(stuff), i);
NewObject thing = new NewObject

{
Name = name,
Number = i
};
}

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