How to add element to enum with name (default) in MVC C#

Question

Can I in MVC C# add an element to enum with name (default)?

public enum Errs
{
    default, primary, success, info, warning, danger
}

I received this error: Identifier expected; 'default' is a keyword

Answer 1

You can do that using the @ syntax for using reserved words as identifiers:

public enum Errs
{
    @default, primary, success, info, warning, danger
}

However, I would recommend using some other name that is not a C# keyword, and add [DisplayName] attribute:

public enum Errs
{
    [DisplayName(Name="default")]
    Default,
    [DisplayName(Name="primary")]
    Primary,
    [DisplayName(Name="success")]
    Success,
    [DisplayName(Name="info")]
    Info,
    [DisplayName(Name="warning")]
    Warning,
    [DisplayName(Name="danger")]
    Danger
}

Check this Q&A if you need to obtain string names from DisplayName.

Answer 2

Thanks to AliJP

I Modified my code as:

public enum Errs
{
    Default = 0,
    Primary = 1,
    Success = 2,
    Info = 3,
    Warning = 4,
    Danger = 5,
}

var messageKind = Errs.Danger.ToString().ToLower();