String to Enumeration

Hello,

How do I convert a string an enumeration value?

I have the following Enum:

Public Enum MyEnum
Book = 1
Movie
End Enum

Basically, I have a variable of type MyEnum and I want to define a
value to it:

Dim MyString As String = "Book"
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = MyString

I am getting an error.
I then tried:
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = CType(MyString, MyEnum)

This is still not working.
Any idea of how to solve this?

Thanks,
MiguelFor outputing the string, just use MyEnum.ToString(). And to reverse the
operation, use Enum.Parse.

String to Enum

Hello,

How do I convert a string an enumeration value?

I have the following Enum:

Public Enum MyEnum
Book = 1
Movie
End Enum

Basically, I have a variable of type MyEnum and I want to define a value to it:

Dim MyString As String = "Book"
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = MyString

I am getting an error.
I then tried:
Dim MyVar As MyEnum = CType(MyString, MyEnum)

This is still not working.
Any idea of how to solve this?

Thanks,
Miguel

Here's how it's done in C# (should be similar for VB)

enum EType {AAA, BBB, CCC};protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { EType Test; Test = (EType)Enum.Parse(typeof(EType),"AAA"); }

Hello,

Here is a sample for you:

Imports SystemPublicClass ParseTest <FlagsAttribute()> _Enum Colors Red = 1 Green = 2 Blue = 4 Yellow = 8EndEnumPublicSharedSub Main() Console.WriteLine("The entries of the Colors Enum are:")Dim colorNameAsStringForEach colorNameIn [Enum].GetNames(GetType(Colors)) Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", colorName, Convert.ToInt32([Enum].Parse(GetType(Colors), colorName)))Next colorName Console.WriteLine()Dim myOrangeAs Colors = CType([Enum].Parse(GetType(Colors),"Red, Yellow"), Colors) Console.WriteLine("The myOrange value {1} has the combined entries of {0}", myOrange, Convert.ToInt64(myOrange))EndSubEndClass'This code example produces the following results:''The entries of the Colors Enum are:'Red=1'Green=2'Blue=4'Yellow=8''The myOrange value 9 has the combined entries of Red, Yellow'

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