How can I cycle through an enum list?

joy.simpson

This is as far as I got. It's in VB.NET code, but after I get it to work I also have to do it in C# - it's for a class demo. I can only display one at a time. What I want to do is display each of the values in the enum list in a loop. Can I use a foreach loop to do this? I tried it and it wouldn't work. Please help. Public Enum dressize petite = 4 small = 8 medium = 12 large = 16 extralarge = 20 End Enum Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim mysize As dressize = dressize.medium Console.WriteLine("Size {0} is {1}", dressize.large, CInt(dressize.large)) Console.WriteLine("My size is {0} - {1}", CInt(mysize), mysize) Console.WriteLine() End Sub End Module

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joy.simpson23y ago
Now I need to translate it into VB Here is my non-working code. I want it to list both the string and number values by first saving each to a separate variable before displaying it with Console.WriteLine. Can anyone help? Module Module1 Public Enum DaysOfWeek Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday End Enum Sub Main() Dim day As String, num As Integer For Each num In [Enum].GetNames(GetType(DaysOfWeek)) day = CType([Enum].Parse(GetType(DaysOfWeek), day), Integer) Console.WriteLine("Name: " & day & vbTab & "Value: " & num) Next num Console.WriteLine() End Sub End Module
joy.simpson23y ago
Thank you. I'll try that.
idutta23y ago
Yes you can do that. Here is an example, public class EnumLister { enum DaysOfWeek { Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday }; public static void Main( string [] args ) { Array array = Enum.GetValues( typeof( DaysOfWeek ) ); foreach ( int value in array ) { String name = Enum.GetName( typeof( DaysOfWeek ), value ); Console.WriteLine( "Name:" + name + " Value:" + value ); } }