Return Enum string by byte/integer

[ExEdzy]

Hey guys.
I have worked with enums for some time, but i ran in to a little problem..
So i have the Enum:

Public Enum MyStuff As Byte
	this_is_zero = 0
	omg_this_is_one = 1
	YourAss = 255
End Enum

and i have a function that returns 1, 0 or 255, like this:

Public Shared function some_func()
	return 1 ' this actually is dinamicaly generated value, by complex code ^_^
end function

and i need the function to return NOT the integer, but the message that is in MyStuff

for example:

Dim the_text_value As String = MyStuff(some_func()) ' this returns not "1", but "omg_this_is_one"

how can i do this ?

 

[jmcilhinney]

First up, if your function really doesn't have a return type then that's bad. Everything should always an specific type, so that function should be declared As MyStuff. It should then return a MyStuff value, not a number. As for the question, just like any other object, you call ToString on an enumeration field to get a string representation.

 

[ExEdzy]

So if the function, returning integer, has the same name as enum, then it will return string from enum, if the enum has declared the the integer, the function is returning??

 

[jmcilhinney]

So if the function, returning integer, has the same name as enum, then it will return string from enum, if the enum has declared the the integer, the function is returning??

I have no idea what you just said. If the function is supposed to return a MyStuff value then declare it As MyStuff and return a MyStuff value. If you want a String then call ToString. It's no more complex than that.