Wallace B. McClure

For an Enum like this

Enum Numbers

 One = 1

 Two = 2

 Three = 3

End Enum

won't Numbers.One.ToString() give the name?

Ponnu

EnumName.EnumValue.ToString() ??

Doing a .ToSting() on the enum name will work although I believe it is deprecated in favor of the static Enum.GetName() method.

How about enumname.ToString() ?

What is the behaviour of enum.tostring?

Er.

ToString()?

Ahem, enumname.value.ToString()?

Enum.GetName is useful only if you want to get the name from the enum's ordinal value.

For ex. Enum.GetName(typeof(enumname), 0);

In other cases, you could simply use enumvalue.ToString();

On an instance of the enum in question, call ToString(). Of course that's assuming you have an instance. If not, GetName is the best option.

@Sean

How the world could you deprecate ToString()?

ToString() is most common ... but it won't work in all cases.  For example an enum that has multiple int values that are same:

public enum Numbers

   {

       First = 0,

       Zero = 0,

       One = 1,

       Two = 2,

       Three = 3,

       Last = 3

   }

This will not write out the expected "First" and "Zero":

  Console.WriteLine(Numbers.First.ToString());

  Console.WriteLine(Numbers.Zero.ToString());

It will be "First" and "First" ... you'll have to go to the Names to get the Zero as far as I know.

GetNames is the way to go.

Anyone remembers how we achieved the same in C++?