Enum.GetName() for bit fields?
bit-fields, c#, enums, parsing
Solution
string s = twoOfThree.ToString();
or:
Console.WriteLine(twoOfThree);
If you want to do it manually, split the value into bits, and test what flags you need to add to make that flag. A bit of coding, but not much.
Problem
It looks like `Enum.GetName()` doesn't work if the enum has been decorated with a `[Flags]`attribute. The documentation doesn't specify anything related to this limitation. I've noticed the debugger is able to display something like Tree | Fruit. Is there a way to retrieve the text string describing the combined flags? Following code display `Red`. ``` public enum FavoriteColor { Red, Blue, WeirdBrownish, YouDoNotEvenWantToKnow, } var color = FavoriteColor.Red; Console.WriteLine(Enum.GetName(typeof(FavoriteColor), color)); // => "Red" ``` Whereas this one doesn't output anything.... ``` [Flags] public enum ACherryIsA { Tree = 1, Fruit = 2, SorryWhatWasTheQuestionAgain = 4, } var twoOfThree = ACherryIsA.Fruit | ACherryIsA.Tree; Console.WriteLine(Enum.GetName(typeof(ACherryIsA), twoOfThree)); // => "" ```