using System; namespace Test { public class Application { private static int ParseType(string inType) { switch (inType) { case "headless": return 0; case "headed": default: return 1; case "wedge": return 2; case "hi": return 3; case "she": return 4; case "sha2": return 5; } } public static void Main() { int result = ParseType("foo"); } } }