How to grab Enum Identifers value C#

Question

Suppose you have a Enum like this:

public enum CardNumber
{
    Two = 2,
    Three = 3,
    Four = 4,
    Five = 5,
    Six = 6,
    Seven = 7,
    Eight = 8,
    Nine = 9,
    Ten = 10,
    Jack = 'J',
    Queen = 'Q',
    King = 'K',
    Ace = 'A',
}

And a loop like:

foreach (Suits suit in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Suits)))
{
    deck.Add(new Card()
    {
        Suits = suit,
        CardNumber = num,
        image = "~/img/" + suit  + num + Enum.GetValues(suit).ToString(),
    });
}

How can I get the identifers value? I tried doing the .GetValues() but I get I cannot conver suits to System.Type.

Thanks in advance.

Example I want the values 2, 3,4, 5, etc.

try cast it as its underlying enum type - except yours seems to be a mix — CRice, Nov 07 '19 at 05:24
This is definitely a duplicate question. The cards game are one of the most popular school assignements and solutions can be found everywhere on the web, not just SO. — pensum, Nov 07 '19 at 05:28
Possible duplicate of [Get int value from enum in C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/943398/get-int-value-from-enum-in-c-sharp) — mhd.cs, Nov 07 '19 at 05:29
You are perhaps better of making a mapper to convert your enum to the desired string explicitly. — CRice, Nov 07 '19 at 05:32

CRice · Answer 1 · 2019-11-07T06:42:48.003

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Your enum when a char is the numeric representation of the character. This can be converted back to the string.

public static string ToCardNumberText(CardNumber cardNumber)
{
    var cardNumberByte = (byte)cardNumber;
    return cardNumberByte > 10
        ? ((char)cardNumberByte).ToString()
        : cardNumberByte.ToString();
}

edited Nov 07 '19 at 06:42

answered Nov 07 '19 at 05:40

CRice

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