using System;

​

public class Program

{

    enum Week

    {

        Monday,

        Tuesday,

        Wednesday,

        Thursday,

        Friday,

        Saturday,

        Sunday

    }

​

    public static void Main()

    {

        string day1 = "Monday";

        string day2 = "MONDAY";

        string day3 = "SomeOtherDay";

        Week weekDay1 = (Week)Enum.Parse(typeof(Week), day1);

        Week weekDay2 = (Week)Enum.Parse(typeof(Week), day2, true); // ignore case

        // the following will throw an exception

        //Week weekDay3 = (Week) Enum.Parse(typeof(Week), day3);

        Console.WriteLine(weekDay1);

        Console.WriteLine(weekDay2);

    }

}