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

You implicitely call ToString() on each element when you use Console.WriteLine.

And when you say you want an int (using the explicit type) it will convert it to an int - and then ToString() it.

The first one is the Enum value ToString()'ed