How to create enum object from its type and name of the value?

Question

I have a type (System.Type) of an enum and a string containing enumeration value to set.

E.g. given:

enum MyEnum { A, B, C };

I have typeof(MyEnum) and "B".

How do I create MyEnum object set to MyEnum.B?

Answer 1

MyEnum enumValue = (MyEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), "B");

You also have a case-insensitive overload.

Answer 2

I assume you don't have access to MyEnum, only to typeof(MyEnum):

void foo(Type t)
{
   Object o = Enum.Parse(t, "B");
}

Answer 3

I created a bunch of wrappers for doing this, as all the casting is a pain is the ass.

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