I'm storing enum members as strings in a list: how...

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[Alexandru Gheorghe]

I'm storing enum members as strings in a list: how can I convert from string back to enum reference maintain membership?

[CLOVIS]

yourList.map { str -> YourEnum.entries.find { it.name == str } }

[ephemient]

what do you want to do if any of the strings aren't in the enum?

[ephemient]

what Ivan wrote is equivalent to https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-42619

[Alexandru Gheorghe]

Return null and handle gracefully

[ephemient]

what Ivan wrote then, or

val enumNameToValue = YourEnum.entries.associateBy { it.name }
yourList.map { enumNameToValue[it] }

where reusing enumNameToValue can save some computation

[CLOVIS]

^ in a small enum (~5 elements), entries.find {} is probably still faster, and uses a lot less memory; but yeah if you have a big enum this is better