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Enum Functions v1.3 ​

value ​

wdl
T value(Enum)

Returns the underlying value associated with an enum choice.

Parameters

  1. Enum: an enum choice of any enum type.

Returns

  1. The choice's associated value.

Example

wdl
enum Color {
  Red = "#FF0000",
  Green = "#00FF00",
  Blue = "#0000FF"
}

enum Priority {
  Low = 1,
  Medium = 5,
  High = 10
}

workflow example {
  Color color = Color.Red
  Priority priority = Priority.High

  String choice_name = "~{color}"    # "Red"
  String hex_value = value(color)    # "#FF0000"
  Int priority_num = value(priority) # 10
}