Get a enum value

Question

I am stuck with a piece code There is a object, a field of which returns an enum (getter) the field is set by a function after reading from database. For example

Enum fiscalperiond
{
    Num1 = 12;
    Num2 = 13;
}

Class A
{

    Public Fiscalperiod
    {
        NumberOfFiscalPeriod {get;set;}
    }
}

Now I want to do this how do I do it

A a = new A();

int k = a.NumberOfFiscalPeriod;

Felipe Oriani · Answer 1 · 2014-09-08T17:57:37.883

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Just cast the enum value to int.

A a = new A();

int k = (int)a.NumberOfFiscalPeriod;

The inverse is valid too, even if there is no enum value defined for that int value, for sample:

int i = 13; // int value
EFiscalPeriond f = (EFiscalPeriond) i; // converting int to enum

edited Sep 08 '14 at 17:57

answered Sep 08 '14 at 17:18

Felipe Oriani

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An interesting note, the cast back will work *even if there is no enum value defined for that int value*. There are some good posts on SO about this. – BradleyDotNET Sep 08 '14 at 17:48
Yes @BradleyDotNET I added it to my anwser, thank you. – Felipe Oriani Sep 08 '14 at 17:57

Get a enum value

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