``` val pickableState = try { PickableState.valueOf(state) } catch (ex: Exceptio...

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[Mani]

val pickableState = try {
            PickableState.valueOf(state)
        } catch (ex: Exception){
            null
        }

is there a better way to check if a string is present in ENUM?

[Jonathan Mew]

I'd do:
val pickableState: PickableState? = PickableState.values().find{it.name == state}

[Mani]

.values will give you all values, right, is there a better way?

[Jonathan Mew]

A better way to achieve what? Could you rephrase your question?

[Matteo Mirk]

you could incapsulate your recurring logic in a top-level generic function:

inline fun <reified E : Enum<E>> enumIsPresent(name: String): Boolean {
    return try {
        enumValueOf<E>(name)
        true
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        false
    }
}