VB.NET – VB Based on string variable from module reference properties

Namespace Constants

Public Enum Priorities
 Unknown = 0
 Low = 1
 Medium = 2
 High = 3
 VeryHigh = 4< br />End Enum

Public Class ConverterTo
 Public Function Priority(ByVal value As String) As Constants.Priorities
 Select Case value.ToLower
 Case "low" 
 Return Priorities.Low
 Case "medium"
 Return Priorities.Medium
 Case "high"
 Return Priorities.High
 Case "veryhigh"
 Return Priorities.VeryHigh
 Case Else
 Return Priorities.Unknown
 End Select
 End Function
End Class
End Namespace

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I have a public attribute module (named constant, its value), none of which is related to any specific Objects are associated. I need to call these properties based on the value in a string variable. The value of the variable will be the name of the property I need to use.

I know that the best candidate for this is CallByName, but this requires an object to get the attribute, as I mentioned, it does not exist in this case.

For example, the first value that the variable should take is “Master”. When I I hope to be able to use this variable to call the property Master() (a string array declared as a public property).

Thanks in advance!

To me, it sounds like you are trying to use strings in the same way as Enum values. There are several ways to do this, But here is a simple example that can help you think about how to parse a string into a constant programming problem.

Namespace Constants

Public Enum Priorities
 Unknown = 0
 Low = 1
 Medium = 2
 High = 3
 VeryHigh = 4
End Enum

Public Class ConverterTo
 Public Function Priority(ByVal value As String) As Constants.Priorities
 Select Case value.ToLower
 Case "low"
 Return Priorities.Low
 Case "medium"
 Return Priorities.Medium
 Case "high"
 Return Priorities.High
 Case "veryhigh"
 Return Priorities.VeryHigh
 Case Else 
 Return Priorities.Unknown
 End Select
 End Function
End Class
End Namespace