How to get the underlying value of an enum

Question

I have the following enum declared:

 public enum TransactionTypeCode { Shipment = 'S', Receipt = 'R' }

How do I get the value 'S' from a TransactionTypeCode.Shipment or 'R' from TransactionTypeCode.Receipt ?

Simply doing TransactionTypeCode.ToString() gives a string of the Enum name "Shipment" or "Receipt" so it doesn't cut the mustard.

Answer 1

I believe Enum.GetValues() is what you're looking for.

Answer 2

Try this:

string value = (string)TransactionTypeCode.Shipment;

Answer 3

Look into the Enumeration class (Enumeration.toObject) I believe....

Answer 4

This is how I generally set up my enums:

public enum TransactionTypeCode {

 Shipment("S"),Receipt ("R");

private final String val;

TransactionTypeCode(String val){
 this.val = val;
}

public String getTypeCode(){
  return val;
}

}

System.out.println(TransactionTypeCode.Shipment.getTypeCode());

Answer 5

I was Searching For That and i get the Solution Use the Convert Class int value = Convert.ToInt32(TransactionTypeCode.Shipment);

see how it easy

Answer 6

You have to check the underlying type of the enumeration and then convert to a proper type:

public enum SuperTasks : int
    {
        Sleep = 5,
        Walk = 7,
        Run = 9
    }

    private void btnTestEnumWithReflection_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SuperTasks task = SuperTasks.Walk;
        Type underlyingType = Enum.GetUnderlyingType(task.GetType());
        object value = Convert.ChangeType(task, underlyingType); // x will be int
    }