using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var q = Parse<TestType>((Test.ACT | Test.SAT_2016).ToString());

        Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Type: {0}\t Value: {1}", q.GetType(), q));

        // */

    }

    public static T Parse<T>(string value, bool ignoreCase = false)

        where T : FlagsAttribute , IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible

    {

        if (value.ToString().Contains(",")){

            var parts = value.ToString().Split(',');

            var results = new List<T> ();

            var final = default(T);

            foreach (var part in parts){

                try {

                    final |= (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), part, ignoreCase) ;

                }catch (Exception e){

                    Console.WriteLine("Got exception");

                    /* Supressed */

                }

            }

            return final;

        }else{

            return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value.ToString(), ignoreCase);

        }

    }

    [FlagsAttribute]

    public enum Test{

        ACT = 32,

        SAT_2016 = 65536,

    };

    [FlagsAttribute]

    public enum TestType {

        ACT = 4,

        SAT_2016 = 39,

    };

​

}