For example System.Net.HttpStatusCode Enum , i would like to get the HTTP Status Codes instead of the HTTP Status Text System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Forbidden should return 403 instead of "Forbidden"
how can i extract the value?
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A:
For the majority of Enum's simply cast to the base type which is int32.
int value = (int)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
JaredPar
2009-10-08 22:09:01
what is an example of a minority that cannot be simply cast?
Jimmy
2009-10-08 22:12:35
@Jimmy, any enum which has a different base type. In those cases you just need to cast to the appropriate base type (uint32, etc)...
JaredPar
2009-10-08 22:13:57
I might add that you can get the enum's underlying type by using the static Enum.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(MyEnum)) method.
Yoopergeek
2009-10-08 22:16:05
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A:
You can just cast it to an integer! So, int code = (int)enumVariable
Erich
2009-10-08 22:09:30
A:
System.Convert.ToInt32(response.StatusCode) returns the statusCode number
Dieter G
2009-10-08 22:10:32