using System;

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        var ix = GetValueFromEnumMember<Unit>("apple");

        ix.Dump(); // 1

    }

​

    public static int GetValueFromEnumMember<T>(string name)

        where T : struct, Enum

    {

        var value = typeof(T).GetFields().Where(r => r.Name != "value__").Select(r => new

        {

        Member = r.GetCustomAttributes<EnumMemberAttribute>(false).FirstOrDefault()?.Value, Value = Enum.Parse<T>(r.Name)}).FirstOrDefault(q => q.Member == name).Value;

        value.Dump();

        return (int)(object)value;

    }

​

    public enum Unit

    {

        [EnumMember(Value = "Default")]

        root,

        [EnumMember(Value = "apple")]

        fruit,

        [EnumMember(Value = "biryani")]

        rice,

        [EnumMember(Value = "vegies")]

        vegetatables

    }

}