How do you pass multiple enum values in C#?

Question

When you define the enum, just attribute it with [Flags], set values to powers of two, and it will work this way.

Nothing else changes, other than passing multiple values into a function.

For example:

[Flags]
enum DaysOfWeek
{
   Sunday = 1,
   Monday = 2,
   Tuesday = 4,
   Wednesday = 8,
   Thursday = 16,
   Friday = 32,
   Saturday = 64
}

public void RunOnDays(DaysOfWeek days)
{
   bool isTuesdaySet = (days & DaysOfWeek.Tuesday) == DaysOfWeek.Tuesday;

   if (isTuesdaySet)
      //...
   // Do your work here..
}

public void CallMethodWithTuesdayAndThursday()
{
    this.RunOnDays(DaysOfWeek.Tuesday | DaysOfWeek.Thursday);
}

For more details, see MSDN's documentation on Enumeration Types.

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Edit in response to additions to question.

You won't be able to use that enum as is, unless you wanted to do something like pass it as an array/collection/params array. That would let you pass multiple values. The flags syntax requires the Enum to be specified as flags (or to bastardize the language in a way that's its not designed).

I think the more elegant solution is to use HasFlag():

    [Flags]
    public enum DaysOfWeek
    {
        Sunday = 1,
        Monday = 2,
        Tuesday = 4,
        Wednesday = 8,
        Thursday = 16,
        Friday = 32,
        Saturday = 64
    }

    public void RunOnDays(DaysOfWeek days)
    {
        bool isTuesdaySet = days.HasFlag(DaysOfWeek.Tuesday);

        if (isTuesdaySet)
        {
            //...
        }
    }

    public void CallMethodWithTuesdayAndThursday()
    {
        RunOnDays(DaysOfWeek.Tuesday | DaysOfWeek.Thursday);
    }

I second Reed's answer. However, when creating the enum, you must specify the values for each enum member so it makes a sort of bit field. For example:

[Flags]
public enum DaysOfWeek
{
    Sunday = 1,
    Monday = 2,
    Tuesday = 4,
    Wednesday = 8,
    Thursday = 16,
    Friday = 32,
    Saturday = 64,

    None = 0,
    All = Weekdays | Weekend,
    Weekdays = Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday,
    Weekend = Sunday | Saturday,
    // etc.
}

In my particular situation, I would like to use the System.DayOfWeek

You can not use the System.DayOfWeek as a [Flags] enumeration because you have no control over it. If you wish to have a method that accepts multiple DayOfWeek then you will have to use the params keyword

void SetDays(params DayOfWeek[] daysToSet)
{
    if (daysToSet == null || !daysToSet.Any())
        throw new ArgumentNullException("daysToSet");

    foreach (DayOfWeek day in daysToSet)
    {
        // if( day == DayOfWeek.Monday ) etc ....
    }
}

SetDays( DayOfWeek.Monday, DayOfWeek.Sunday );

Otherwise you can create your own [Flags] enumeration as outlined by numerous other responders and use bitwise comparisons.

[Flags]
public enum DaysOfWeek
{
  Mon = 1,
  Tue = 2,
  Wed = 4,
  Thur = 8,
  Fri = 16,
  Sat = 32,
  Sun = 64
}

You have to specify the numbers, and increment them like this because it is storing the values in a bitwise fashion.

Then just define your method to take this enum

public void DoSomething(DaysOfWeek day)
{
  ...
}

and to call it do something like

DoSomething(DaysOfWeek.Mon | DaysOfWeek.Tue) // Both Monday and Tuesday

To check if one of the enum values was included check them using bitwise operations like

public void DoSomething(DaysOfWeek day)
{
  if ((day & DaysOfWeek.Mon) == DaysOfWeek.Mon) // Does a bitwise and then compares it to Mondays enum value
  {
    // Monday was passed in
  }
}