Get enum values by enum name string

Question

In Typescript I get a string variable that contains the name of my defined enum.

How can I now get all values of this enum?

Answer 1

Typescript enum:

enum MyEnum {
    First, Second
}

is transpiled to JavaScript object:

var MyEnum;
(function (MyEnum) {
    MyEnum[MyEnum["First"] = 0] = "First";
    MyEnum[MyEnum["Second"] = 1] = "Second";
})(MyEnum || (MyEnum = {}));

You can get enum instance from window["EnumName"]:

const MyEnumInstance = window["MyEnum"];

Next you can get enum member values with:

const enumMemberValues: number[] = Object.keys(MyEnumInstance)
        .map((k: any) => MyEnumInstance[k])
        .filter((v: any) => typeof v === 'number').map(Number);

And enum member names with:

const enumMemberNames: string[] = Object.keys(MyEnumInstance)
        .map((k: any) => MyEnumInstance[k])
        .filter((v: any) => typeof v === 'string');

See also How to programmatically enumerate an enum type in Typescript 0.9.5?

Answer 2

As an alternative to the window approach that the other answers offer, you could do the following:

enum SomeEnum { A, B }

let enumValues:Array<string>= [];

for(let value in SomeEnum) {
    if(typeof SomeEnum[value] === 'number') {
        enumValues.push(value);
    }
}

enumValues.forEach(v=> console.log(v))
//A
//B