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Enum with strings
Is it possible to have string constants in enum like the following?
enum{name1="hmmm" name2="bdidwe"}
If it is not, what is the best way to do so?
I tried it, but it's not working for string so right now I am grouping all related constants in one class like
class operation
{
public const string name1="hmmm";
public const string name2="bdidwe"
}
The whole point of enums is to be ordinal constants.
However, you can achieve what you want by using an extension method:
enum Operation
{
name1,
name2
}
static class OperationTextExtender
{
public static String AsText(this Operation operation)
{
switch(operation)
{
case Operation.name1: return "hmmm";
case Operation.name2: return "bdidwe";
...
}
}
}
...
var test1 = Operation.name1;
var test2 = test1.AsText();