Enum value from String

Scripting
1

I’m trying to get the uint value from an enum when the input value I have is a String.

So for:

public enum colors{red, blue, green};
public uint chosenColorCode;
public string chosenColor = “blue”;

void Start(){
chosenColorCode = colors.chosenColor; //Does not work, but how would I get the color code from the string?
}

2

Try this:

chosenColorCode = (uint) Enum.Parse(typeof(colors), chosenColor);
3

The output says:
“InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination type.”

4

I think you have to cast it to int first, then to uint. If I remember right they’re ints but boxed so they look like objects.

chosenColorCode = (uint) (int) Enum.Parse(typeof(colors), chosenColor);

This will probably work:

chosenColorCode = Convert.ToUInt32(Enum.Parse(typeof(colors), chosenColor);
5

That works! Thank you so much guys!