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Implement Strings Enum in C#

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace EnumString

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        public enum Cars

        {

            [Description("Audi")] Audi,   

            [Description("Bmw")] Bmw,   

            [Description("Land Rover")] LandRover

        }

        public static string GetCarDescription(Enum car)

        {

            FieldInfo fi = car.GetType().GetField(car.ToString());

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

            if (da != null && da.Length > 0)       

                return da[0].Description;

            else      

                return da.ToString();

        }

        public static IEnumerable EnumToList()

        {   

            Type type = typeof(T);   

            Array vals = Enum.GetValues(type);   

            List valList = new List(vals.Length);   

            foreach (int val in vals)   

            {

                valList.Add((T)Enum.Parse(type, val.ToString()));   

            }

            return valList;

        }

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            foreach (Cars car in EnumToList<Cars>())

            {

                comboBox1.Items.Add(GetCarDescription(car));

            }

        }

    }

}