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Return FontStyle from string name

I want to write a function that will return a FontStyle and take a string as a parameter

FontStyle f = function ("Italic"); // FontStyles.Italic

I do not want to write a Switch statement or if else do the same.

Can this be done for case-insensitive strings?

FontStyle f = function ("italic");
FontStyle f = function ("itAlic");

should return the same.

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You can use reflection for this:

var propertyInfo = typeof(FontStyles).GetProperty("Italic",
                                                  BindingFlags.Static |
                                                  BindingFlags.Public |
                                                  BindingFlags.IgnoreCase);
FontStyle f = (FontStyle)propertyInfo.GetValue(null, null);
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In C #, this is just an enumeration. Therefore, you can convert it as follows:

FontStyle f = (FontStyle)Enum.Parse(typeof(FontStyle), "Italic", true);
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