C# numeric enum value as string

Question

I have the following enum:

public enum Urgency {
    VeryHigh = 1,
    High     = 2,
    Routine  = 4
}

I can fetch an enum \"value

Answer 1

Great stuff ... I have now added an extension method to my project

public static class EnumExtensions 
{ 
    public static string NumberString(this Enum enVal) 
    { 
        return enVal.ToString("D"); 
    }
} 

Now I can get the int value - as a string - by calling Urgency.Routine.NumberString(); Thanks to Frankentosh and Jon :)

Answer 2

If you wanted, you could make the extension method work for all enums:

public static string ToValueString(this Enum enumValue) 
{
    if (enumValue.GetType().GetEnumUnderlyingType() == typeof(int))
        return ((int)(object)enumValue).ToString();
    else if (enumValue.GetType().GetEnumUnderlyingType() == typeof(byte))
        return ((byte)(object)enumValue).ToString();
    ... 
}