Assigning Value of an array to Enum

Question

I wanted to assign an array value to enum.

for ex:-

string[] ArrayControl = new string[3] {'simple','standard','advanced'}; 

public enum Control
{
simple,
standard,
advanced
}

Can we apply array value to enum dinamically?

You can't assign an array to an enum. What are you trying to accomplish? — Matias Cicero, Sep 19 '16 at 13:55
Probably a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55375/extending-an-enum-via-inheritance — Pepernoot, Sep 19 '16 at 14:00
for sharepoint, when we create an enum property for a visual webpart, it is displayed as a dropdown. So i needed some dynamic value to be displayed in that dropdown. — KumarV, Sep 19 '16 at 14:01
So you want to do something like this to get the values for the dropdown? `Enum.GetValues(typeof(Control))` — DavidG, Sep 19 '16 at 14:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '16 at 14:07

1

Are you looking for this:

ArrayControl = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Control));

This will populate ArrayControl with all the names of enum Control. You can then bind your drop down list to ArrayControl.

answered Sep 19 '16 at 14:07

Giorgos Betsos

the dropdown control only takes value from enum, so i can not assign it using array. that's why i need to assign all my values to enum first then it will come to dropdown. – KumarV Sep 19 '16 at 14:23

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