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using System;

using System.ComponentModel;

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Status status = Status.New;

string Description = status.GetEnumDescription();

Console.WriteLine(Description);

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public enum Status 

{

    [Description("New Description")]

    New = 200,

    Assigned = 201,

    InProgress = 202,

    OnHold = 203,

    Closed = 204,

    Planned = 205,  

    Resolved = 220

}

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public static class EnumerationExtension

{

    public static string GetEnumDescription(this Enum enumValue)

    {

        var field = enumValue.GetType().GetField(enumValue.ToString());

    if (Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) is DescriptionAttribute attribute)

    {

        return attribute.Description;

    }

    throw new ArgumentException("Item not found.", nameof(enumValue));

    }

}

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