Learn how to take a string and convert it into an enumeration value.
.NET Tip: Converting Strings to Enum Values
Published 01/25/2008
Latest Enumerations Articles
Flags Enumerations
Published 12/12/2006
The documentation on Microsoft's flags enumerations is rather sketchy at best, but offers a more ideal solution for a great many problems. The problem is, with such little documentation it can be very time consuming to figure out how to use them correctly. Here is a small walkthrough explaining a relatively simple means of interacting with them through use of the bitwise OR operator.
Converting a String to an Enumeration Value
Published 11/13/2002
How to convert a string value to a given enumeration type using System.Reflection.
Latest Developer Videos
More...
Latest CodeGuru Developer Columns
Understanding the C++ Utility Components in the C++ Standard Library
Published 10/26/2016
Learn more about a few commonly used components and explore their utility and usages.
Beginning C#: User-defined Type Conversion Operators
Published 11/14/2016
Become proficient with using type definitions in C#.
Doing Cryptography in Visual Basic
Published 11/18/2016
Learn about the various forms of encryption in Visual Basic and the differences among them.
The Value of APIs
Published 06/06/2016
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are where you have to be. It's not a matter of if as much as a matter of which.
