C# Enum ToString(String)

Description

Enum ToString(String) converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified format.

Syntax

Enum.ToString(String) has the following syntax.


public string ToString(
  string format
)

Parameters

Enum.ToString(String) has the following parameters.

format - A format string.

Returns

Enum.ToString(String) method returns The string representation of the value of this instance as specified by format.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to convert an enumerated value to a string.


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using System;

class Sample 
{
    enum Colors {Red, Green, Blue, Yellow = 12};

    public static void Main() 
    {
    Colors myColor = Colors.Yellow;

    Console.WriteLine("Colors.Red = {0}", Colors.Red.ToString("d"));
    Console.WriteLine("Colors.Green = {0}", Colors.Green.ToString("d"));
    Console.WriteLine("Colors.Blue = {0}", Colors.Blue.ToString("d"));
    Console.WriteLine("Colors.Yellow = {0}", Colors.Yellow.ToString("d"));

    Console.WriteLine("{0}myColor = Colors.Yellow{0}", Environment.NewLine);

    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(g) = {0}", myColor.ToString("g"));
    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(G) = {0}", myColor.ToString("G"));

    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(x) = {0}", myColor.ToString("x"));
    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(X) = {0}", myColor.ToString("X"));

    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(d) = {0}", myColor.ToString("d"));
    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(D) = {0}", myColor.ToString("D"));    

    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(f) = {0}", myColor.ToString("f"));
    Console.WriteLine("myColor.ToString(F) = {0}", myColor.ToString("F"));
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.