Convert an array of 'enum' to an array of 'int'
I'm trying to convert an Enum array to an int array:
public enum TestEnum
{
Item1,
Item2
}
int[] result = Array.ConvertAll<TestEnum, int>(enumArray, new Converter<TestEnum, int>(Convert.ToInt32));
For some reason Convert.ToInt32 doesn't work when used in Array.ConvertAll, so I had to make some changes:
int[] result = Array.ConvertAll<TestEnum, int>(enumArray, new Converter<TestEnum, int>(ConvertTestEnumToInt));
public static int ConvertTestEnumToInt(TestEnum te)
{
return (int)te;
}
Just out of curiosity, is there any way to have this working without using an extra method?
Regards
Just cast using an anonymous method:
int[] result = Array.ConvertAll<TestEnum, int>(
enumArray, delegate(TestEnum value) {return (int) value;});
or with C# 3.0, a lambda:
int[] result = Array.ConvertAll(enumArray, value => (int) value);
Luckily for us, C# 3.0 includes a Cast
operation:
int[] result = enumArray.Cast<int>().ToArray();
If you stop using arrays and start using IEnumerable<>
, you can even get rid of the ToArray()
call.