Set Thread priority with console.readline? c#

Question

I'm wondering if you can change the priority of a thread by letting the user enter a string (Lowest, BelowNormal etc)? As far as I know, the "ThreadPriority" is an enum but I don't know how to do it.

thread.Priority = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal

How can I change the BelowNormal to something the user enter (ReadLine)?

Thanks!

Answer 1

thread.Priority = (ThreadPriority)Enum.Parse(typeof(ThreadPriority), Console.ReadLine());

Answer 2

You can use Enum.Parse, example uses overload method with ignoreCase:

thread.Priority = (ThreadPriority)Enum.Parse(typeof(ThreadPriority), 
                                      "belownormal", true);

Answer 3

You could parse the string and do a conditional

string userinput = Console.ReadLine();
if (userinput.Contains("BelowNormal"))
{
    thread.Priority = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
}