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Searches an enum for a value by name and returns it.

Demo Code


using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Globalization;
using System;/*  w  w w .  j  ava 2 s. co m*/

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
      /// Searches an enum for a value by name and returns it.
      /// </summary>
      /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the enum to search through.</typeparam>
      /// <param name="name">The name of the value to search for.</param>
      /// <param name="result">The variable to store the result to if a match is found.</param>
      /// <returns>true if the value was found and stored in result.</returns>
      private static bool FindEnumValue<T> (string name, out T result)
      {
         // Use reflection to scan the enum and find the first match
         string[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(T));
         var index = Array.IndexOf(names, name);
         if ( index >= 0 )
         {
            T[] values = (T[]) Enum.GetValues(typeof(T));
            result = values[index];
            return true;
         }

         result = default(T);
         return false;
      }
}

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