Enum Return String Value C#

In this article i will show you ho you can get string value from an enum instead of getting number using c#.  So first we will create a enum.

enum ProjectStatusEnum     {         Open = 0,         Started = 1,         InProgress = 2,         Close = 3,         Paused = 4,         OnHold = 5     }

Now we will take  a static method and add the below code into it. In this code we are passing the enum value an returning the string as per status.

public static class EnumStatus     {         public static string Status(int type)         {             string statusnew = "";             switch (type)             {                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.Open:                     statusnew = "Open";                     break;                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.Started:                     statusnew = "Started";                     break;                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.InProgress:                     statusnew = "In-Progress";                     break;                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.Close:                     statusnew = "Close";                     break;                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.Paused:                     statusnew = "Paused";                     break;                 case (int)ProjectStatusEnum.OnHold:                     statusnew = "On Hold";                     break;                 default:                     statusnew = "";                     break;             }             return statusnew;         }     }

Now we will add the below code where we need to display the status in text string as per the enum status.

string status = EnumStatus.Status((int)ProjectStatusEnum.InProgress);   Console.WriteLine("Current Status: " + status);

The above code will return the string status as per passed enum. Now run the code to check the output.