Assign int value to the custom enum property

Question

I have property

public Enums.CustomEnumProp MyEnum { get; set; }

which is of type CustomEnumProp

public enum CustomEnumProp { A = 1, B = 2, C = 3}

and I need to use passed int value as a user selection and assign it to the MyEnum property.

forexampe: is user is selected 2 from combobox then assign this int to the MyEnum.

Thanks

Kindly use the search before making a new question, as you can see on the right side the very first result is your answer [Cast int to enum in C#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29482/cast-int-to-enum-in-c-sharp) — Prix, Jul 01 '13 at 04:54

Richard Schneider · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-01T05:03:21.773

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Just cast the int to the enum.

o.MyEnum = (CustomEnumProp) myInt;

You can also use the Enum.IsDefined method to check that the int is valid.

if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(CustomEnumProp), myInt))
   o.MyEnum = (CustomEnumProp) myInt;

edited Jul 01 '13 at 05:03

answered Jul 01 '13 at 04:54

Richard Schneider

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