Search for a string in Enum and return the Enum

Given the latest and greatest changes to .NET (+ Core) and C# 7, here is the best solution:

var ignoreCase = true;
Enum.TryParse("red", ignoreCase , out MyColours colour);

colour variable can be used within the scope of Enum.TryParse

You can cast the int to an enum

(MyColour)2

There is also the option of Enum.Parse

(MyColour)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyColour), "Red")

check out System.Enum.Parse:


enum Colors {Red, Green, Blue}

// your code:
Colors color = (Colors)System.Enum.Parse(typeof(Colors), "Green");

All you need is Enum.Parse.

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