EnumExtensionsTryFormatTEnum(TEnum, SpanChar, Int32, ReadOnlySpanChar) Method

Tries to format the value of the current TEnum instance into the provided span of characters using Auto formatting options.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.CoreLibraries
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 10.5.0

C#

public static bool TryFormat<TEnum>(
	this TEnum value,
	Span<char> destination,
	out int charsWritten,
	ReadOnlySpan<char> separator
)
where TEnum : struct, new()

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function TryFormat(Of TEnum As {Structure, New}) ( 
	value As TEnum,
	destination As Span(Of Char),
	<OutAttribute> ByRef charsWritten As Integer,
	separator As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char)
) As Boolean

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TEnum>
where TEnum : value class, gcnew()
static bool TryFormat(
	TEnum value, 
	Span<wchar_t> destination, 
	[OutAttribute] int% charsWritten, 
	ReadOnlySpan<wchar_t> separator
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member TryFormat : 
        value : 'TEnum * 
        destination : Span<char> * 
        charsWritten : int byref * 
        separator : ReadOnlySpan<char> -> bool  when 'TEnum : struct, new()

Parameters

value TEnum: A TEnum value to be formatted.
destination SpanChar: The target span of characters of the formatted value.
charsWritten Int32: When this method returns, the number of characters that were written in destination.
separator ReadOnlySpanChar: A span containing the separator in case of flags formatting. If empty, then comma-space (, ) separator is used.

Type Parameters

TEnum: The type of the enum value.

Return Value

Boolean
, if the formatting was successful; otherwise, .

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type TEnum. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).