Working with enum in C#

Question

Since my game has some modes (which should be provided at initialization), so I thought of creating an enum for it. Later on I wanted to get the value of this enum. Below is my code- ``` enum GameMode : short { Stop = 0, StartSinglePlayer = 4, StartMultiPlayer = 10, Debug = 12 } class Game { static short GetValue(GameMode mode) { short index = -1; if (mode == GameMode.Stop) index = 0; else if (mode == GameMode.StartSinglePlayer) index = 4; else if (mode == GameMode.StartMultiPlayer) index = 10; else if (mode == GameMode.Debug) index = 12; return index; } static void Main(string[] args) { var value = GetValue(GameMode.StartMultiPlayer); } } ``` I am curious to know about a better way to do the same, if exist.

Accepted Answer

Sure, there is a much easier way. Just cast your enum to its underlying numeric data type:

```
value = (short)mode;
```

Working with enum in C#

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