How to select and return a word from an enum

Question

I want to enter a number and have the console program return the name of the item from an enum

using System;

namespace ConsoleApp7
{
    class Program
    {
        enum planets { Mercury = 1, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune};
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int selection = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            selection = enum planets;
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1} planet(s) from the sun", planets, selection);
            Console.Readkey();
        }
    }
}

Possible duplicate of [Cast int to enum in C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29482/cast-int-to-enum-in-c-sharp) — 41686d6564 stands w. Palestine, Sep 21 '19 at 19:44
`planets p = (planets)selection; Console.WriteLine("{0} is planet #{1} from the sun", p, selection);` — 41686d6564 stands w. Palestine, Sep 21 '19 at 19:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '19 at 19:51

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int selection = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("{0} is {1} planet(s) from the sun", (planets)selection, selection);

answered Sep 21 '19 at 19:51

Nehorai Elbaz

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How to select and return a word from an enum

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