Why does Enum.GetValues() return names when using “var”?

Question

Can anyone explain this?

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using System;

namespace TestEnum2342394834
{
    class Program
    {
         


        

Answer 1

The var value is actually an enum value (of type ReportStatus), so you see the standard behaviour of enumValue.ToString() - it's name.

EDIT:
When you do a Console.WriteLine(value.GetType()) you will see that it really is a 'ReportStatus', although it's boxed in a plain Object.