Convert Enum to List

Question

Say i have the following Enum Values

enum Language
    {
       CSharp= 0,
        Java = 1,
        VB = 2

    }

I would like to convert them to list of values (i.e) { CSharp,Java,VB}.

How to convert them to a list of values?

Answer 1

Language[] result = (Language[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(Language))

will get you your values, if you want a list of the enums.

If you want a list of the names, use this:

string[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Languages));

Answer 2

If I understand your requirement correctly , you are looking for something like this

var enumList = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Language)).OfType<Language>().ToList();

Answer 3

If you want to store your enum elements in the list as Language type:

Enum.GetValues(typeof(Language)).Cast<Language>().ToList();

In case you want to store them as string:

Enum.GetValues(typeof(Language)).Cast<Language>().Select(x => x.ToString()).ToList();

Answer 4

You can use this code

  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
   enum Days { Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri };

    Array arr = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Days));
    List<string> lstDays = new List<string>(arr.Length);
    for (int i = 0; i < arr.Length; i++)
    {
        lstDays.Add(arr.GetValue(i).ToString());
    }
  }