Convert Enum to assigned int value

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I am trying to pull a stored int out of an enum based on the enum

public enum HeartRates
{
    HEAVY_DAMAGE = 150,
    MEDIUM_DAMAGER = 130,
    LIGHT_DAMAGE = 110,
    FULL = 90,
}

public void SetBPM(HeartRates rate)
{
        flatLine = false;

        //BeatsPerMinute = (int)rate;
        Debug.Log(rate);
}

In another Script:
    public void CaculateBPM()
    {
        int health = agentInfo.agentStats.currentHealth;
        int maxHealth = agentInfo.agentStats.maxHealth;

        if (health > 0)
        {
            float percentage = (4f / maxHealth) * health;

            int refNumber = Mathf.FloorToInt(percentage);

            //if at 100% health to enable last selection in the enum
            if(refNumber == 4)
            {
                refNumber = 3;
            }

            heartRateMonitor.SetBPM((HeartRates)refNumber);
        }
}

if i remove the = something from the enum then i am able to log out the value of the enum eg passing 0 in will log out “HEAVY_DAMAGE”. However when i add the values to the enums i just get its position within the enum when i use debug.log(rate) or debug.log((int)rate) and not the assigned value. So Medium_Damage would log out 1 instead of 130. any ideas where im going wrong with this. all references i can find online suggest that doing (int)the_value should work fine.

Thanks

2

One this line:

heartRateMonitor.SetBPM((HeartRates)refNumber);

Your refNumber value needs to be one of the HeartRates values, but it’s not. The type cast doesn’t convert 1-4 into one of the valid enum values. If you want it to match up with the valid values (150, 130, etc.) you’ll have to pass that into your SetBPM method.