C# user input referencing enum-CodePudding

Here is my assignment: In your program, ask the user to enter the name of a month. Your program will output the corresponding value for that month.

Example of desired output:

 Enter the name of a month: April

 April is month 4

Here is my current code. I'm not a programmer, and I've somehow kind of reversed the point of the exercise:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        System.Console.WriteLine("Enter the name of a month: ");
        String month1 = System.Console.ReadLine();

        Months month = (Months)Convert.ToInt32(month1);

        System.Console.WriteLine(month);


    }
}
enum Months
{
    January = 1,
    February = 2,
    March = 3,
    April = 4,
    May = 5,
    June = 6,
    July = 7,
    August = 8,
    September = 9,
    October = 10,
    November = 11,
    December = 12,

}

The output of mine requires the number of the month, then gives the actual month. Thank you.

CodePudding user response：

Have a look at Enum.Parse Method.

The exmple in the Remarks section even shows how to handle values that are not defined:

string[] colorStrings = { "0", "2", "8", "blue", "Blue", "Yellow", "Red, Green" };
      foreach (string colorString in colorStrings)
      {
         try {
            Colors colorValue = (Colors) Enum.Parse(typeof(Colors), colorString);
            if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(Colors), colorValue)
...

CodePudding user response：

Perhaps consider avoiding enums entirely:

int month = DateTime.TryParse($"1 {input} 2022", out DateTime value) ? value.Month : -1;