C# Enum with description not working

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Get Enum from Description attribute

Hi All, I have and Enum defined like this.

public enum SomeType {
        [Description("One Value")]
        One,
        [Description("Two Value")]
        Two,
        [Description("Three Value")]
        Three       
    }

but when I try to parse a string like this

SomeType  test =  (SomeType )Enum.Parse(typeof(SomeType ), "Three Value");

I get excetion "Requested value 'Three Value' was not found". Isn't this supposed to work ?

Thanks

[Check out this entry. Certainly what you need](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/424366/c-string-enums) — , Apr 26 '11 at 17:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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No, it's not. You can find the Enum by the enum Name ("One", "Two", "Three"), but not by Description (at least not that way). Maybe via Reflection...

You might wanna take a look at this: How to get C# Enum description from value?

Update

Take a look at @KIvanov's comment and look here: Get Enum from Description attribute

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Apr 26 '11 at 17:28

Adriano Carneiro

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Actually Parse should recognize the Name ("Three"). But not the description. – Henk Holterman Apr 26 '11 at 17:33
I had edited my answer. I had written "cannot", but it was a typo. – Adriano Carneiro Apr 26 '11 at 17:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '11 at 17:29

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As far as I know

SomeType  test =  (SomeType )Enum.Parse(typeof(SomeType ), "Three");

would do what you want

answered Apr 26 '11 at 17:29

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Not really, OP wants to get Enum by the Description, not name. BTW I did not downvote. – Adriano Carneiro Apr 26 '11 at 17:45

C# Enum with description not working

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