assigning variable enum type, depending on value of another variable

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Excuse my question, I bet this is an easy (and dumb) one!
I have a variable (Day), which I wish to set the value to two different enums, depending on the state of another variable (WeekPeriod). Its something like this:

enum Weekday
{
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday
}

enum Weekend
{
Saturday,
Sunday
}
...
if(WeekPeriod == "Weekend")
{
Weekday Day;
}
else
{
Weekend Day;
}

I hope this makes sense - do you have any suggestions?!!
Thanks in advance
Mike

Posted 28-May-13 4:55am

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Alexander Duzhev · Answer 1 · 2013-05-28T05:11:00

Solution 1

it is possible to declare integer variable and then use cast operation

C#

int Day;
if(WeekPeriod == "Weekend")
 {
   Day = (int)someValue1; // someValue1 is Weekend
 }
 else
 {
   Day = (int)someValue2; // someValue2 is Weekday
 }

Posted 28-May-13 5:11am

Alexander Duzhev