How can I use ngFor to iterate over Typescript Enum as an array of strings

Question

I am using Angular2 and Typscript. I have an enum:

export enum Role {
    ServiceAdmin, CompanyAdmin, Foreman, AgentForeman, 
    CrewMember, AgentCrewMembe         


        

Answer 1

You can just use the "keyvalue" pipe introduced in Angular 6.1.

<p *ngFor="let enum of TestEnum | keyvalue">
  {{ enum.key }} - {{ enum.value}}
</p>

See here for a full example -> https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-gujg2e

Answer 2

ES6 supports

export enum E {
    a = 'First',
    b = 'Second',
    c = 'Third'
}

let keyValueArray = Object.keys(E).map(k => ({key: k, value: E[k as any]}));

Answer 3

export enum Priority {
  LL = 1,   // VERY LOW
  L = 2,    // LOW
  N = 3,    // NORMAL
  U = 4,    // HIGH
  UU = 5    // VERY HIGH
}

Your angular component.ts :

import { Priority } from './../shared/core/config/datas.config';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-yourcomponent',
  template: `
    <ng-container *ngFor="let p of getPriority">
       <div> {{p.key}} / {{p.value}} </div>
    </ng-container> 
  `
})

export class YourComponent {
  getPriority = this.getENUM(Priority);

  getENUM(ENUM:any): string[] {
    let myEnum = [];
    let objectEnum = Object.keys(ENUM);
    const values = objectEnum.slice( 0 , objectEnum.length / 2 );
    const keys = objectEnum.slice( objectEnum.length / 2 );

    for (let i = 0 ; i < objectEnum.length/2 ; i++ ) {
      myEnum.push( { key: keys[i], value: values[i] } ); 
    }
    return myEnum;
  }
}

Answer 4

I have the enum:

export enum FileCategory {
  passport = 'Multipass',
  agreement = 'Personal agreement',
  contract = 'Contract',
  photo = 'Self photos',
  other = 'Other'
}

In the component ts file:

export class MyBestComponent implements OnInit {
  fileCategory = FileCategory;

  // returns keys of enum
  fileKeys(): Array<string> {
    const keys = Object.keys(this.fileCategory);
    return keys;
  }

  // returns values of enum
  fileVals(): Array<string> {
    const keys = Object.keys(this.fileCategory);
    return keys.map(el => Object(this.fileCategory)[el]);
  }

In the HTML template display these enum's values and keys:

  <a *ngFor="let cat of fileVals()"
     (click)="addFileCategory(cat)">{{cat}}</a>
  <a *ngFor="let cat of fileKeys()"
     (click)="addFileCategory(cat)">{{cat}}</a>

Answer 5

using pipe:

import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({
  name: 'enum'
})
export class EnumSelectPipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(value: any): [number, string][] {
    return Object.keys(value).filter(t => isNaN(+t)).map(t => [value[t], t]);
  }
}

and in the template:

<mat-select formControlName="type" placeholder="Package Type">
  <mat-option *ngFor="let pType of PackageTypes | enum" [value]="pType[0]">{{ pType[1] | title}}</mat-option>
</mat-select>

Answer 6

An enum is just an object.

Your enum is written something like this in JavaScript:

{
    0: "ServiceAdmin", 
    1: "CompanyAdmin", 
    2: "Foreman", 
    3: "AgentForeman", 
    4: "CrewMember", 
    5: "AgentCrewMember", 
    6: "Customer", 
    ServiceAdmin: 0, 
    CompanyAdmin: 1, 
    Foreman: 2, 
    AgentForeman: 3, 
    CrewMember: 4,
    AgentCrewMember: 5,
    Customer: 6
}

So you can iterate it this way (plnkr):

@Component({
    ...
    template: `
    <div *ngFor="let item of keys()">
      {{ item }}
    </div>  
  `
})
export class YourComponent {
    role = Role;
    keys() : Array<string> {
        var keys = Object.keys(this.role);
        return keys.slice(keys.length / 2);
    }
}

Or would be better to create custom pipe:

@Pipe({
  name: 'enumToArray'
})
export class EnumToArrayPipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(data: Object) {
    const keys = Object.keys(data);
    return keys.slice(keys.length / 2);
  }
}

Example

Update

Typescript 2.4 allows enum members to contain string initializers like:

enum Colors {
    Red = "RED",
    Green = "GREEN",
    Blue = "BLUE",
}

in this case you can just return Object.keys(data); from pipe.