C#•2y ago

❔ How do I cast a byte to an enum MyEnum : byte

As the title says really, I have a public enum MyEnum : byte and I want to cast byte? to the enum. How do I do that? 🤔

8 Replies

Aaron•2y ago

(MyEnum)someByte

MODiX•2y ago

Windows10CE#8553

REPL Result: Success

enum MyEnum : byte { A, B, C }

byte b = 1;
Console.WriteLine((MyEnum)b);

enum MyEnum : byte { A, B, C }

byte b = 1;
Console.WriteLine((MyEnum)b);

Console Output

Compile: 578.446ms | Execution: 76.761ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

Aaron•2y ago

oh you have a byte? what do you want to happen when it's null a null reference exception? some default value?

JwanOP•2y ago

null reference exception

Aaron•2y ago

(MyEnum)(object)nullableByte or (MyEnum)nullableByte.Value if you're okay with InvalidOperationException instead

JwanOP•2y ago

Thank you ❤️

Tvde1•2y ago

(MyEnum?) nullableByte To cast it to a nullable version of your enum

Accord•2y ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.