Create anonymous enum value from a subset of all values

autofixture, c#

Solution

The easiest way to do that is with AutoFixture's `Generator<T>`:

var statuses = fixture
    .Create<Generator<Statuses>>()
    .Where(s => Statuses.Pending != s)
    .Take(10);

If you only need a single value, but want to be sure that it's not `Statuses.Pending`, you can do this:

var status = fixture
    .Create<Generator<Statuses>>()
    .Where(s => Statuses.Pending != s)
    .First();

There are other ways, too, but this is the easiest for an ad-hoc query.

Problem

Let's say we have an enum type defined as: ``` enum Statuses { Completed, Pending, NotStarted, Started } ``` I'd like to make Autofixture create a value for me other than e.g. Pending. So (assuming round-robin generation) I'd like to obtain: Completed, NotStarted, Started, Completed, NotStarted, ...

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