How to get enum value by string or int

Question

How can I get the enum value if I have the enum string or enum int value. eg: If i have an enum as follows:

public enum TestEnum {     Value1 = 1,     Value2 = 2,     Value3 = 3 } 

and in some string variable I have the value "value1" as follows:

string str = "Value1"  

or in some int variable I have the value 2 like

int a = 2; 

how can I get the instance of enum ? I want a generic method where I can provide the enum and my input string or int value to get the enum instance.

Answer 1

No, you don't want a generic method. This is much easier:

MyEnum myEnum = (MyEnum)myInt;  MyEnum myEnum = (MyEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), myString); 

I think it will also be faster.