Thursday 26 May 2016

.net - How to loop through all enum values in C#?






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public enum Foos
{
A,
B,
C

}


Is there a way to loop through the possible values of Foos?



Basically?



foreach(Foo in Foos)

Answer




Yes you can use the ‍GetValue‍‍‍s method:



var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos));


Or the typed version:



var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Foos)).Cast();



I long ago added a helper function to my private library for just such an occasion:



public static class EnumUtil {
public static IEnumerable GetValues() {
return Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)).Cast();
}
}


Usage:




var values = EnumUtil.GetValues();

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