get string value from enum

Question

I have enum defined as below

public enum PatientRaceCodeType
{
    [StringValue("Question not asked")] 
    Q = 8,
    [StringValue("Unknown")]
    U = Q | B,
    [StringValue("Native Hawaiian OR Other Pacific Islander")]
    P = Q | D,
}

I need to get the string value for example if U it should return "unknown"

tried this:

Enum.GetName(typeof(testRaceCodeType), test.RaceCode)

which is not working. test.Racecode has value U

Take a look at [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/23284598/2721713) answer. I think this is what you want. — Jakob Wögerbauer, Feb 16 '17 at 17:50
I would go with Type safe enums, as detailed in this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/424414/1395758 — Alberto Chiesa, Feb 16 '17 at 18:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '17 at 19:22

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this code worked for me
(testRaceCodeType) Enum.Parse(typeof (testRaceCodeType), test.RaceCode)) .GetStringValue()

answered Feb 16 '17 at 19:22

user3230201

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get string value from enum

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