How To override enum [duplicate]

Question

I write enum with custom ToString() method example

 public enum MyEnum{ a, b, } My = MyEnum.a; Console.Write(My.ToString); // ---> output : aaaaa

and in code My.ToString() Do you have idea ?

You can't directly do it in C#, but there's plenty of workaround to choose stackoverflow.com/questions/479410/… — Martheen
– Martheen, Commented May 16, 2020 at 6:08

Frenchy · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-16 06:36:50Z

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Another simple technich if you dont need complex string, is to have 2 enum collection

public enum MyEnum1{ a, b, } public enum MyEnum2{ aaaaa, bbbbb, } var My = MyEnum.a; Console.Write((MyEnum2)My).ToString()) // ---> output : aaaaa

answered May 16, 2020 at 6:32

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Your answer was interesting

the comment of Marteen is good too but more complex with attributes..another way if you have complex string is to create dictionary<enum, string>