using System;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Linq;

​

public enum BusinessCategory

{

   [Description("Computers & Internet")]

   ComputersInternet = 1,

   [Description("Finance & Banking")]

   FinanceBanking = 2,

   [Description("Healthcare")]

   Healthcare = 3,

   [Description("Manufacturing")]

   Manufacturing = 4

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // Get all possible values

        var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(BusinessCategory)).Cast<BusinessCategory>();

        foreach(var v in values)

        {

            // Write to the console info about each value

            Console.WriteLine("{0}[{1}] => {2}", v, (int)v, v.GetEnumDescription());

        }

    }

}

​

public static class EnumExtensions

{

    public static string GetEnumDescription(this Enum value, string defaultValue = null)

    {

        return value.GetEnumAttribute<DescriptionAttribute>(a => a.Description, defaultValue);

    }

​

    private static string GetEnumAttribute<TAttr>(this Enum value, Func<TAttr, string> expr, string defaultValue = null)where TAttr : Attribute

    {

        FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

        var attributes = fi.GetCustomAttributes<TAttr>(false).ToArray();

        return (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0) ? expr(attributes.First()) : (defaultValue ?? value.ToString());

    }

}