Convert Enum with [DescriptionAttribute] to Dictionary

Question

I have this Enum

public enum Genders
    {
        [Description("Nữ")]
        Female,
        [Description("Nam")]
        Male
    }

I use this code to get each Enum name and value and save it to an Dictionary The result is

Female : 0

Male :1

    accountViewModel.Genders = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Account.Genders))
                               .Cast<Account.Genders>()
                               .ToDictionary(t => t.ToString(), t => (int)t);

How to mofify above code to get each Enum's Description and it value ?

Like this.

Nữ : 0

Nam : 1

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

According to an answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/2650090/643095,

string description = Enumerations.GetEnumDescription((MyEnum)value);

Where value is int enum value.

You can use something like this:

accountViewModel.Genders = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Account.Genders))
                               .Cast<Account.Genders>()
                               .ToDictionary(t => Enumerations.GetEnumDescription((Genders)t), t => (int)t);

Convert Enum with [DescriptionAttribute] to Dictionary

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