Convert integer enum to string

Question

considering the following enum:

public enum LeadStatus 
{ 
    Cold = 1, 
    Warm = 2, 
    Hot = 3, 
    Quote = 5, 
    Convert = 6 
} 

How can I convert the integer value back to string when I pull the value from a database. I've tried:

DomainModel.LeadStatus status = (DomainModel.LeadStatus)Model.Status;

but all I seem to get is "status = 0"

Answer 1

What you are looking for is Enum.Parse.

"Converts the string representation of the name or numeric value of one or more enumerated constants to an equivalent enumerated object."

Here is the MSDN page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/essfb559.aspx

Example:

enum Colour
{
   Red,
   Green,
   Blue
} 

// ...
Colour c = (Colour) Enum.Parse(typeof(Colour), "Red", true);

Courtesy of http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2004/04/02/106310.aspx

Answer 2

Between Enum.Parse and Enum.ToString, you should be able to do everything you need.