Get any enum from ComboBox

Question

I'm programming in WPF(C#). I populate a ComboBox with this function:

public static void PopulateComboBox(ComboBox cmb, Type type)
{
    foreach (string name in Enum.GetNames(type))
    {
        cmb.Items.Add(name);
    }
}

Now I need a method like this (as illustrated below) to get any enum as output:

public static enum PopulateComboBox(ComboBox cmb, string nameOfEnum, Type type)
{

}

How can I write such function?

do you mean `public static Enum...`? not sure what you're asking, what's your problem? — Gusman, Feb 22 '17 at 21:44
you cannot return `enum`. I think what you mean is to return something of type Enum. — Thomas D., Feb 22 '17 at 21:44
@KernelMode Thank you for your comment. I forgot to remove this line. — Babak.Abad, Feb 22 '17 at 22:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 22 '17 at 21:53

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I would look into adding the enum values to the ComboBox directly instead of their names.

Another option would be Enum.Parse(Type enumType, string value).

answered Feb 22 '17 at 21:53

TheEvilPenguin

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Finally I found my answer in this page. My answer is:

public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value)
{
    return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, true);
}

For example I call it in this way:

BorderType borderType = ToEnum<BorderType>("Constant");

where BorderType is an enum (from OpenCV);

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Feb 22 '17 at 22:54

Babak.Abad

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Get any enum from ComboBox

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