Enum value by string?

[Jon Davis]

What's the easiest and cleanest way to fetch an enum value by its name?

For instance,

public enum Boy {
Bob, Billy, Joe
}

public Boy GetBoy(string boyName) {
return ?? // and no, I refuse to use switch/case.
}

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Jon Skeet]

I think I found it. Enum.Parse(), right?

Yup. Enum.Parse (typeof(Boy), "Bob");