Creating implementation for idiom 295 : String to Enum

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# 295 String to Enum

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Given the enumerated type T, create a function TryStrToEnum that takes a string s as input and converts it into an enum value of type T.

Explain whether the conversion is case sensitive or not.
Explain what happens if the conversion fails.

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X : T := T'Value (S);

#include <string_view>
#include <optional>

using namespace std::literals;

enum T {
  case_0,
  case_1,
  case_2,
  case_4 = 4
};

std::optional<T> TryStrToEnum(std::string_view s) {
  if (str == "case_0"sv) return case_0;
  if (str == "case_1"sv) return case_1;
  if (str == "case_2"sv) return case_2;
  if (str == "case_4"sv) return case_4;
  return std::nullopt;
}

T.values.byName(s);

def try_str_to_enum(t, string), do: t[string]

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T x = T.valueOf(s);

function TryEnumToStr(const s: string; out enum: T): Boolean;
var
  code: integer;
begin
  Val(s, enum, code);
  Result := (code = 0);
end;

my %T = ( RED => 1, GREEN => 2, BLUE => 3 );

sub TryStrToEnum { my $s = shift; $T{uc $s} }

print GREEN;  # prints 2
print TryStrToEnum('BLUE');  prints 3

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use feature 'say';

use constant { RED => 1, GREEN => 2, BLUE => 3 };

sub TryStrToEnum { eval uc shift }

say GREEN; # prints 2
say TryStrToEnum('BLUE'); # prints 3

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t = T[s]

use std::str::FromStr;

enum MyEnum {
    Foo,
    Bar,
    Baz,
}

impl FromStr for MyEnum{
    type Err =  String;

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
            "foo" => Ok(MyEnum::Foo),
            "bar" => Ok(MyEnum::Bar),
            "baz" => Ok(MyEnum::Baz),
            _ => Err("Could not convert str to enum".to_string())
        }
    }
}

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