Getting all aliased values with Enum.GetValues

Question

I have an enum which has a few aliases:

enum {
   A = 0,
   B = 1,
   OtherB = 1,
   ...
}

I'm trying to iterate over all values of the enumeration using Enum.GetValues. However, I need the string representation of the enum values, not the integer values. Just iterating over Enum.GetValues, I get a sequence A, B, B, ... (or for some enums A, OtherB, OtherB, ..., but regardless I only get one of each value).

Is it possible to get all the "String-values" of an enum, or are they removed during compilation?

possible duplicate of [How do I enumerate an enum in C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105372/how-do-i-enumerate-an-enum-in-c) — Ufuk Hacıoğulları, Mar 31 '14 at 12:08
@UfukHacıoğulları It is not the duplicate of that question. Please read the question carefully. — Mohammad Dehghan, Mar 31 '14 at 12:08
If you need enum string representation you should try with Enum.GetNames(). From name then you can always get the value (if needed) with parsing. — Adriano Repetti, Mar 31 '14 at 12:09
See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/105421/456814). — , Mar 31 '14 at 12:15
Wow. Anyone want to nominate me for the _Annual RTFM awards_? How did I miss that method? — carlpett, Mar 31 '14 at 12:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 31 '14 at 12:11

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Enum.GetNames(typeof(WhatEverEnum))

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.enum.getnames(v=vs.110).aspx

answered Mar 31 '14 at 12:11

Stilgar

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '14 at 12:15

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            foreach(var str in Enum.GetNames(typeof(myEnum)))
            {
                // use str
                Console.WriteLine(str);
            }

answered Mar 31 '14 at 12:15

Ashok Damani

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Getting all aliased values with Enum.GetValues

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