Using an enum as an array index in C#

Question

I want to do the same as in this question, that is:

enum DaysOfTheWeek {Sunday=0, Monday, Tuesday...}; string[] message_array = new string[number_of_items_at_enum];  ...  Console.Write(custom_array[(int)DaysOfTheWeek.Sunday]); 

however, I would rather have something integral to so, rather than write this error prone code. Is there a built in module in C# that does just this?

Answer 1

If the values of your enum items are contigious, the array method works pretty well. However, in any case, you could use Dictionary<DayOfTheWeek, string> (which is less performant, by the way).