How to covert list<string> values to enum

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I try to Covert the List<> value to Enum but i'm Failed.

C#

List<string> lstDays = new List<string> { "Monday", "Tuesday ", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" };

Need Enum like

C#

enum lstDays 
	{
		Monday,
		Tuesday,
		Wednesday,
		Thursday,
		Friday,
		Saturday,
		Sunday
	}

Please can help?

What I have tried:

i don't have any idea.i cann't able to Convert.

Posted 28-Jul-20 20:08pm

Anburaj Marikkani

Updated 29-Jul-20 22:11pm

Maciej Los

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[no name] 29-Jul-20 3:11am

Have a look here: Enum.Parse Method (System) | Microsoft Docs[^]

F-ES Sitecore 29-Jul-20 6:17am

That's not possible. You would be better explaining why you want to do this, ie what problem you're trying to solve, and someone might have an alternative solution.

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Solution 1

AFAIK you cannot do that. You might keep the list and use it or you have to hand-code the enum.

Posted 28-Jul-20 20:18pm

CPallini

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Maciej Los 30-Jul-20 5:00am

5ed!

CPallini 30-Jul-20 5:04am

Thank you!

Solution 3

There is an Enum 'DayOfWeek in the 'System namespace:

Type dayType = typeof(DayOfWeek);

string[] dayNames = Enum.GetNames(dayType); // => ["Sunday" ... "Saturday"]

string sunday = Enum.GetName(dayType, 0); // => "Sunday"

Posted 29-Jul-20 18:43pm

BillWoodruff

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Maciej Los 30-Jul-20 4:12am

5ed!

BillWoodruff 30-Jul-20 5:21am

Thank you, Maciej

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Ralf Meier · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-28T20:59:00

Solution 2

You can't change ENum's during Runtime - they are allways created with your development-system (during Designtime).
In fact they are contants.
But you could go the other way round : you can make strings from defined ENum's ...

Posted 28-Jul-20 20:59pm

Ralf Meier

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Maciej Los 30-Jul-20 4:12am

5ed!

Ralf Meier 30-Jul-20 4:37am

Thank you Maciej ... :)