Parameters

enumType

The Type of an enumeration.

value

A string containing one or more names or a single numeric value to convert. If the string contains more than one name, each name is required to be separated by a comma (','). The names are parsed in a case-sensitive manner. The names or number can be surrounded by any amount of white space.

value

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Returns

A object of type enumType whose values are represented by value.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	enumType or value is a null reference.
ArgumentException	enumType is not a Type that describes a Enum. -or- value is either equal to string.Empty or contains only white space. -or- value represents one or more names, and at least one name represented by value is not of type enumType.

Remarks

This version of Enum.Parse(Type, string) is equivalent to Enum.Parse(Type, string) (enumType, value, false).

Example

The following example demonstrates the Enum.Parse(Type, string) method.

C# Example

using System;
public enum Colors {
  Red = 1,
  Blue = 2
}
public class enumTest {
  public static void Main() {
    object o = Enum.Parse( typeof (Colors), "Red, Blue");
    Type oType = o.GetType();
    Console.WriteLine("The type of the object returned is {0}",oType.ToString());
    Array values = Enum.GetValues(oType);
    foreach (Colors c in values) { 
      Console.WriteLine(Enum.Format(oType,c,"D"));
    }
  }
}

The output is

The type of the object returned is Colors
1
2

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0