enum use in combobox

[Deresen]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to use an enum. But I don't use this a lot and I'm now at a point where I don't understand it anymore. I have this code:

enum frequency
{
Second,
Minute,
Hour,
Day,
Month,
Year
}

public constructor()
{
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Second);
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Minute);
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Hour);
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Day);
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Month);
comBoxFrequency.Items.Add(frequency.Year);
}
public void buttonClick()
{
switch (comBoxFrequency.SelectedText)
{
case frequency.Second://Error: Cannot implicitly convert type '___.frequency' to 'string'
//do something
break;
case frequency.Minute.ToString()://Error: A constant value is expected
//do something
break;
case frequency.Hour:
//do something
break;
case frequency.Day:
//do something
break;
case frequency.Month:
//do something
break;
case frequency.Year:
//do something
break;
}
}

As you see I get two errors: Cannot implicitly convert type '___.frequency' to 'string' And if I make a string of this: A constant value is expected Does anyone know how to work around this problem (or what I do wrong)?

[Mbah Dhaim]

Deresen wrote:

switch (comBoxFrequency.SelectedText)

use switch ((frequency)comBoxFrequency.SelectedValue) instead hope it helps

dhaim programming is a hobby that make some money as side effect :)

[Deresen]

Yes it did help! Thank you very much. Now I can throw my if()____else if()___else if() (ugly code) away.

[Mbah Dhaim]

you're welcome

dhaim programming is a hobby that make some money as side effect :)

[Scott Dorman]

You can also take a look at this article[^] for some alternative ways to do this.

Scott Dorman

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