Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/Data Type/enum format

Format an enumeration.

using System; 
 
class EnumFmtDemo { 
  enum Direction { North, South, East, West } 
  [Flags] enum Status { Ready=0x1, OffLine=0x2,  
                        Waiting=0x4, TransmitOK=0x8, 
                        RecieveOK=0x10, OnLine=0x20 } 
 
  public static void Main() { 
    Direction d = Direction.West; 
 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:G}", d); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:F}", d); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:D}", d); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:X}", d); 
     
    Status s = Status.Ready | Status.TransmitOK; 
 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:G}", s); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:F}", s); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:D}", s); 
    Console.WriteLine("{0:X}", s); 
  } 
}

West
West
3
00000003
Ready, TransmitOK
Ready, TransmitOK
9
00000009

Output enum values

using System;
enum Color
{
   Green,
   Yellow,
   Red
}
class MainClass
{
   static void Main()
   {
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", Color.Green);
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", Color.Yellow);
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", Color.Red);
   }
}

Green
Yellow
Red