I have an Enum abc(N=0,Y=1,M=2), i want to convert it to CSV so I used string.Join as below
var abc_arr = Enum.GetValues(typeof(abc));
var abc_csv = string.Join("','", abc_arr );
But it does not return N,Y,M but instead returns "System.abc[]" Why?
Well the problem is Enum.GetValues is strongly typed so you have to explicitly set the resulting type
If you want the names, you should use: Enum.GetNames(typeof(abc)). GetValues returns the values of the enum. If you want that, you can do it via a cast: (int[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(abc))
You should cast first the result of GetValues:
var abc_arr = (abc[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(abc));
var abc_csv = string.Join(",", abc_arr );
Furthermore, I changed a bit your separator.
You could take a look here for a demo.
var abc_arr = Enum.GetNames(typeof(abc));
var csv = string.Join(",", abc_arr);
You should call GetNames to return string[] of the names, also your separator should not have ','. It should be only ,
