Get Enum name by value in Python

Get Enum name by value in Python #

To get an enum name by value, pass the value to the enumeration class and access the name attribute, e.g. Sizes(1).name. When the value is passed to the class, we get access to corresponding enum member, on which we can access the name attribute.

main.py

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from enum import Enum

class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


print(Sizes(1).name)  # 👉️ SMALL
print(Sizes(2).name)  # 👉️ MEDIUM
print(Sizes(3).name)  # 👉️ LARGE

The Sizes(1) syntax allows us to pass an integer to the class and get the corresponding enum member.

main.py

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from enum import Enum


class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


value = 1

print(Sizes(value))  # 👉️ Sizes.SMALL

print(Sizes(value).name)  # 👉️ SMALL

This is useful when you don't know the name of the enum member ahead of time (because it's read from a file or fetched from an API).

If you need to get a list of an enum's names or values use a list comprehension.

main.py

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from enum import Enum


class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


values = [member.value for member in Sizes]
print(values)  # 👉️ [1, 2, 3]

names = [member.name for member in Sizes]
print(names)  # 👉️ ['SMALL', 'MEDIUM', 'LARGE']

List comprehensions are used to perform some operation for every element, or select a subset of elements that meet a condition.

You can use the same approach if you need to get a list of tuples containing the name and value of each enum member.

main.py

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from enum import Enum


class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


result = [(member.name, member.value) for member in Sizes]

# 👇️ [('SMALL', 1), ('MEDIUM', 2), ('LARGE', 3)]
print(result)

The first element in each tuple is the name, and the second - the value of the enum member.

Use the in operator if you need to check if a value is in an enum.

main.py

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from enum import Enum


class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


values = [member.value for member in Sizes]
print(values)  # 👉️ [1, 2, 3]

if 2 in values:
    # 👇️ this runs
    print('2 is in values')

The in operator tests for membership. For example, x in l evaluates to True if x is a member of l, otherwise it evaluates to False.

You can use a simple for loop if you need to iterate over an enum.

main.py

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from enum import Enum


class Sizes(Enum):
    SMALL = 1
    MEDIUM = 2
    LARGE = 3


for size in Sizes:
    print(size)
    print(size.name, size.value)

Get Enum name by value in Python

Get Enum name by value in Python #

Borislav Hadzhiev