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I have an enum with Description attributes like this: public enum MyEnum { Name1 = 1, [Description("Here is another")] HereIsAnother = 2, [Description("Last one")] LastOne = 3 } I found this bit of code for retrieving the description based on an Enum public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value) { FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString()); DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false) as DescriptionAttribute[]; if (attributes != null && attributes.Any()) { return attributes.First().Description; } return value.ToString(); } This allows me to write code like: var myEnumDescriptions = from MyEnum n in Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum)) select new { ID = (int)n, Name = Enumerations.GetEnumDescription(n) }; What I want to do is if I know the enum value (e.g. 1) - how can I retrieve the description? In other words, how can I convert an integer into an "Enum value" to pass to my GetDescription method?
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