Convert comma string list of int to enum and back

Question

I have the following enum type defined:

public enum Level
{

    [XmlEnum("1")] ReadLevel = 1,
    [XmlEnum("2")] WriteLevel = 2, 

}

I also have a list defined which has the type of this enum

public List<Level> MyList

I want to store the list as a comma seperated string with the numbers and read it back and use the enum levels in conditional statements.

The set method I have defined, but how do I markup the get method? Currently

 get
 {
    return string.Join(",", MyList);
 }

returns me the text of the enum (like ReadLevel, WriteLevel)

Can you be a little more specific about why you want to do this? It would seem much better to serialize it as a list if you can — Aluan Haddad
– Aluan Haddad, Commented Mar 10, 2018 at 9:48
if you're serializing to XML you can represent the list as a set of child elements — Aluan Haddad
– Aluan Haddad, Commented Mar 10, 2018 at 10:19

Mohammad Ali · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-10 09:47:53Z

1

Try casting your enum objects to int

get { return string.Join(",", MyList.Select(x => (int)x)); }

answered Mar 10, 2018 at 9:44

Mohammad Ali

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3 Comments

You don't need ToList - avoid superstitious code.

Thanks Aluan, I said in the comment that the toList may be not needed

Thanks. Works without the ToList