c# get substring of enum value

Question

Is there a clever way to get an enum value by comparing a substring a la String.Contains with the enum? I checked this implementation (Convert a string to an enum in C#), but would like to have an intelligent extension doing the same but including substrings comparison, something like TryParse with an option to check the whole substring of the enum values.

    public static void Main()
{
    string a = "HANS";
    GetName(a); // prints Hans
    
    string a1 = "Peter";
    GetName(a1); // should print enum value "WolfgangPeterDietrich " containing the substring "Peter"
}

public enum MyNames
{
    Hans = 0,
    WolfgangPeterDietrich = 3,
}

public static void GetName(string a)
{
    MyNames dif;
    // this works fine, ignore case
    if (Enum.TryParse(a, true, out dif))
    {      
        System.Console.WriteLine(dif.ToString());
    }
    // ToDo: check for substring ??
}

Enum.GetNames<Names>().Where(n => c.Contains(a, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) might be a start? — stuartd
– stuartd, Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 11:50
Also, if it don't find, what it should print? Is it case sensitive or insensitive? — Magnetron
– Magnetron, Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 11:52
First occurence should be fine, and if it dont find, just do nothing is fine — KevinNivek
– KevinNivek, Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 11:59

Magnetron · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06 11:55:27Z

1

This approach takes the first occurrence found, and is case insensitive.

public static void GetName(string a)
{
    string? result = Enum.GetNames<MyNames>()
        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.Contains(a, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
    System.Console.WriteLine(result);
}

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 11:55

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KevinNivek Over a year ago

that does exactly the job, thanks a lot for your help!

KevinNivek Over a year ago

just changed to Enum.GetNames(typeof(MyNames)).FirstOrDefault

GibbOne · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06 12:02:24Z

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Just a prototype to fix with boundary cases and assertions:

public static T EnumNameContains<T>(string substringOfName) where T: struct
{
    return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), 
        Enum.GetNames(typeof(T)).FirstOrDefault(
            name => name.IndexOf(substringOfName,StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) >= 0));
}

I guess can help.

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 12:02

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KevinNivek Over a year ago

nice one following stackoverflow.com/questions/28279933/…

decoder · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06 12:03:02Z

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You can try this

public static void GetName(string a)
        {
            MyNames dif;
            // this works fine, ignore case
            if (Enum.TryParse(a, true, out dif))
            {
                System.Console.WriteLine(dif.ToString());
            }
            else
            {
                var result = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MyNames)).Where(dd => dd.Contains(a, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).FirstOrDefault();
                System.Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            
        }

answered Oct 6, 2021 at 12:03

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