Specify & fetch Integer value in Enum

Question

How can I get my enum to contain numbers for string descriptions? I have used [Description] for text strings. I want something like

  Apple pie=1
  Strawberry pie=2

My database would carry the numeric fields & I will fetch text description from the enum. This does not work

public enum Pies
    {
        [Description("Apple pie")]
        "1"=1,
        [Description("Strawberry pie")]
        "0"=0
    }

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:34:53Z

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First, declare a valid enum:

public enum Pies
{
    [Description("Apple pie")]
    Apple =1,
    [Description("Strawberry pie")]
    Strawberry=0
}

You can use reflection to access the DescriptionAttribute.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:34

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2 Comments

Zo Has Over a year ago

Thanks,I am successul in accessing the description, I just want to know how to include numeric fields instead of Apple & strawberry in the enum as the database would return me numbers & by using them I need to fetch the text description. Say if user selects Apple Pie in my dropdown I need to have 1 as its value.

Oded Over a year ago

@DamienJoe - How are you populating the dropdown? If you set the value of the field to the enum value, you just need to cast (Pies)1, for example.

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