Type.GetEnumNames Method (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

Type..::.GetEnumNames Method

Updated: August 2011

Returns the names of the members of the current enumeration type.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Public Overridable Function GetEnumNames As String()

public virtual string[] GetEnumNames()

public:
virtual array<String^>^ GetEnumNames()

abstract GetEnumNames : unit -> string[] 
override GetEnumNames : unit -> string[]

Return Value

Type: array<System..::.String>[]()[]
An array that contains the names of the members of the enumeration.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The current type is not an enumeration.

Remarks

The elements of the return value array are sorted by the binary values (that is, the unsigned values) of the enumerated constants. If the array contains enumerated constants that have the same value, the order of their corresponding names is unspecified.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Type Class

System Namespace

Change History

Date	History	Reason
August 2011	Noted that the returned array is ordered by unsigned magnitude.	Content bug fix.

Date

History

Reason

August 2011

Noted that the returned array is ordered by unsigned magnitude.

Content bug fix.