Type.GetEnumUnderlyingType Method
Definition
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Returns the underlying type of the current enumeration type.
public:
virtual Type ^ GetEnumUnderlyingType();public virtual Type GetEnumUnderlyingType ();abstract member GetEnumUnderlyingType : unit -> Type
override this.GetEnumUnderlyingType : unit -> TypePublic Overridable Function GetEnumUnderlyingType () As TypeReturns
The underlying type of the current enumeration.
Exceptions
The current type is not an enumeration.
-or-
The enumeration type is not valid, because it contains more than one instance field.
Remarks
By default, the underlying type of an enumeration in C# and Visual Basic is Int32. Other integer types can be specified.
Applies to
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