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Convert enumerated type values into strings

Title: Convert enumerated type values into strings? { You obtain a string equivalent of an enumerated type value using the GetEnumName function: } function GetEnumName(TypeInfo: PTypeInfo; Value: Integer): string; { The first argument is a pointer to the enumerated type s RTTI information, and the second argument is the ordinal position of the value within the enumerated type. GetEnumName returns a string representing the corresponding enumerated type value. You get the ordinal position of an enumerated type value based on a string using the GetEnumValue function: } function GetEnumValue(TypeInfo: PTypeInfo; const Name: string): Integer; { Like GetEnumName, the first argument is a pointer to the RTTI information. The second argument is a string that represents the enumerated type value. This function returns the ordinal position of the corresponding value. } // Example: // Declare a custom type: type TOurType = (otFirst, otSecond, otThird, otForth, otFifth, otLast); var Form1: TForm1; implementation {$R *.DFM} uses TypInfo; procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var OT: TOurType; FT: TFontStyle; begin // Enumerate TFontStyle values // Zeigt alle TFontStyle Werte an Memo1.Lines.Add('The TFontStyle values:'); for FT := Low(TFontStyle) to High(TFontStyle) do Memo1.Lines.Add(GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TFontStyle), Ord(FT))); // Enumerate our custom TOurType values // Werte vom Benutzerdefiniertern Typ TOurType auflisten. Memo1.Lines.Add('The TOurType values:'); for OT := Low(TOurType) to High(TOurType) do Memo1.Lines.Add(GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TOurType), Ord(OT))); end;