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Iterating Enum Values

Enumerate all members with Enum.GetValues.

Listing Enum Members

Sometimes you need every value of an enum, for example to build a menu. Enum.GetValues provides them.

using System;

enum Day { Mon, Tue, Wed }
class Program {
    static void Main() {
        foreach (Day d in Enum.GetValues<Day>())
            Console.WriteLine(d);
    }
}

Generic GetValues

The generic Enum.GetValues<T>() returns a strongly typed array you can loop over directly.

using System;

enum Color { Red, Green, Blue }
class Program {
    static void Main() {
        Color[] all = Enum.GetValues<Color>();
        Console.WriteLine(all.Length);
    }
}

All lessons in this course

  1. Defining and Using Enums
  2. Flags Enums and Bitwise Combinations
  3. Enum Conversions and Parsing
  4. Iterating Enum Values
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