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Retrieves the name of the constant of the specified enumeration type that has the specified value. [Edit]

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public static string GetName (Type enumType, object value)

Parameters

enumType
A Type that specifies the type of the enumeration. [Edit]
value
A object that contains the integral value or the name of an enumeration constant. [Edit]

Returns

A string containing the name of the enumerated constant in enumType whose value is value, or a null reference if no such constant is found. If multiple constants have the same value, as to which name is returned for that value, is unspecified. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type Reason
ArgumentNullException enumType or value is a null reference. [Edit]
ArgumentException
enumType is not a Type that describes a Enum .
-or-
value is neither of type enumType nor does it have the same underlying type as enumType.
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Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	enumType or value is a null reference. [Edit]
ArgumentException	enumType is not a Type that describes a Enum . -or- value is neither of type enumType nor does it have the same underlying type as enumType. [Edit]

Remarks

Documentation for this section has not yet been entered. [Edit]

Example

The following example demonstrates the Enum.GetName(Type, object) method.
C# Example
using System;
public enum Signs {
  Stop = 1,
  Yield = 2,
  Merge = 4
};
public class EnumCompTo {
  public static void Main() {
   Console.Write( "The name of the constant with the value 4 is: " );
   Console.WriteLine( "{0}.", Signs.GetName(typeof(Signs), 4));
   Console.Write( "The name of the constant with the value Stop is: " );
   Console.WriteLine( "{0}.", Signs.GetName(typeof(Signs), Signs.Stop ));
  }
}
The output is
The name of the constant with the value 4 is: Merge. The name of the constant with the value Stop is: Stop.

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