How to assign enum to variable

How to assign new variable from declared enum

public enum FontStyle { Regular = 0; Bold =1; Italic = 2 } // dont know what Type to cast it :/ TYPE fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; 

I am not sure which TYPE to cast it, It is contained within System.Drawing class.

4 Answers

It's of type FontStyle i.e. Enums are first class types.

public enum FontStyle { Regular = 0; Bold =1; Italic = 2 } // No need to cast it FontStyle fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; 

Edit: Perhaps you have code like this:

if(1 == 1) FontStyle fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; 

for your error (Embedded statement cannot be a declaration or labeled statement) surround your code in a block statement e.g.

if(1 == 1) { FontStyle fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; } 

Enums are types, so your variable should be of the type FontStyle:

FontStyle fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; 

Make sure you use , to separate enum elements, not ; ... like

enum Days {Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri}; 

Make sure you don't have a class vs property name mixing in your code...

 private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // dont know what Type to cast it :/ System.Drawing.FontStyle fontstyle = FontStyle.Bold; MessageBox.Show(fontstyle.ToString()); } 

returns "Bold" :)...

Make sure to have

using System.Drawing;

and that you don't have the enum declared in the same location where you said you cannot create the enum object.