C#•4y ago

Get Enum Description with function

I had a helper function for this at some point, but I lost it..
How can I get the description tag from any enum?
Say I have an enum:

public enum MyEnum
{
  [Description("The first")]First,
  [Description("The Second")]Second,
  // ...
}

public enum MyEnum
{
  [Description("The first")]First,
  [Description("The Second")]Second,
  // ...
}

and I wanted to get the description values returned, how would I go about it, regardless of Enum I put into the function?
Preferably I would want to call

MyEnum.GetDescription(MyEnum.First)

MyEnum.GetDescription(MyEnum.First)

or something to return

"The First"

"The First"

TeBeCo•8/11/22, 11:10 AM

look at GetCustomAtributes

Pobiega•8/11/22, 11:17 AM

PPobiega ```cs public static string GetEnumDescription<T>(this T enumValue) where T : Enu...

malkavOP•8/11/22, 11:29 AM

I get

Pobiega•8/11/22, 11:29 AM

Weird. I'm using .net 6

malkavOP•8/11/22, 11:30 AM

Whelp, oops. My IDE just lagged out and forgot to import references. My bad

Pobiega•8/11/22, 11:31 AM

new and improved version

Pobiega•8/11/22, 11:31 AM

it lets you specify the "no description" thing, in case its needed :p

malkavOP•8/11/22, 11:32 AM

Ah fair enough, thanks

Pobiega•8/11/22, 11:33 AM

also was too verbose, removed the "Enum" part (as the generic only works for enums anyways)

malkavOP•8/11/22, 11:33 AM

Fair enough, thanks a bunch!