using System.ComponentModel;

public class MyClass
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Returns the description attribute of an Enum if available, othewise returns
  /// the toString() of the value passed in.
  ///
  /// Useful for Enums with spaces in them.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="value">the enum</param>
  /// <returns>the description string of the enum</returns>
  public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
  {
    FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

    DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
	(DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
		typeof(DescriptionAttribute),false);

    if (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0)
	return attributes[0].Description;
    else
	return value.ToString();
    }
}

public enum Types
{
  [Description("Created Date")]
  CreatedDate,
  Description,
  Test
}

using System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute;

public class MyClass
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Returns the description attribute of an Enum if available, othewise returns
  /// the toString() of the value passed in.
  ///
  /// Useful for Enums with spaces in them.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="value">the enum</param>
  /// <returns>the description string of the enum</returns>
  public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
  {
    FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

    DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
	(DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
		typeof(DescriptionAttribute),false);

    if (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0)
	return attributes[0].Description;
    else
	return value.ToString();
    }
}

public enum Types
{
  [Description("Created Date")]
  CreatedDate,
  Description,
  Test
}

using System.ComponentModel;

public class MyClass
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Returns the description attribute of an Enum if available, othewise returns
  /// the toString() of the value passed in.
  ///
  /// Useful for Enums with spaces in them.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="value">the enum</param>
  /// <returns>the description string of the enum</returns>
  public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
  {
    FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

    DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
	(DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
		typeof(DescriptionAttribute),false);

    if (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0)
	return attributes[0].Description;
    else
	return value.ToString();
    }
}

public enum Types
{
  [Description("Created Date")]
  CreatedDate,
  Description,
  Test
}

using System.ComponentModel;

public class MyClass
{
/// <summary>
		/// Returns the description attribute of an Enum if available, othewise returns
		/// the toString() of the value passed in.
		///
		/// Useful for Enums with spaces in them.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">the enum</param>
		/// <returns>the description string of the enum</returns>
		public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
		{
			FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

			DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
					(DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
					typeof(DescriptionAttribute),
					false);

			if (attributes != null &&
					attributes.Length > 0)
				return attributes[0].Description;
			else
				return value.ToString();
		}


}

public enum Types
{
  [Description("Created Date")]
  CreatedDate,
  Description,
  Test
}

By default, enum values cannot have spaces in them (i.e. "Created Date" can only be "CreatedDate").  With this method, we can change that!

Allow enums to have spaces

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