在最新版本(1.0RC)的TypeScript中，你可以像这样使用枚举:

enum States {
    New,
    Active,
    Disabled
} 

// this will show message '0' which is number representation of enum member
alert(States.Active); 

// this will show message 'Disabled' as string representation of enum member
alert(States[States.Disabled]);

更新1

要从string value中获取enum成员的number值，你可以使用这个:

var str = "Active";
// this will show message '1'
alert(States[str]);

更新2

在最新的TypeScript 2.4中，引入了字符串enum，如下所示:

enum ActionType {
    AddUser = "ADD_USER",
    DeleteUser = "DELETE_USER",
    RenameUser = "RENAME_USER",

    // Aliases
    RemoveUser = DeleteUser,
}

有关TypeScript 2.4的更多信息，请阅读MSDN上的博客。

你可以在最新的TypeScript中使用字符串枚举:

enum e
{
    hello = <any>"hello",
    world = <any>"world"
};

来源:https://blog.rsuter.com/how-to-implement-an-enum-with-string-values-in-typescript/

更新- 2016

最近我在React中使用的一种更健壮的方法是这样的:

export class Messages
{
    static CouldNotValidateRequest: string = 'There was an error validating the request';
    static PasswordMustNotBeBlank: string = 'Password must not be blank';   
}

import {Messages as msg} from '../core/messages';
console.log(msg.PasswordMustNotBeBlank);

为什么不直接使用本地方式访问枚举的字符串呢?

enum e {
  WHY,
  NOT,
  USE,
  NATIVE
}

e[e.WHY] // this returns string 'WHY'

最近在使用TypeScript 1.0.1时遇到了这个问题，并以这种方式解决了:

enum IEvents {
        /** A click on a product or product link for one or more products. */
        CLICK,
        /** A view of product details. */
        DETAIL,
        /** Adding one or more products to a shopping cart. */
        ADD,
        /** Remove one or more products from a shopping cart. */
        REMOVE,
        /** Initiating the checkout process for one or more products. */
        CHECKOUT,
        /** Sending the option value for a given checkout step. */
        CHECKOUT_OPTION,
        /** The sale of one or more products. */
        PURCHASE,
        /** The refund of one or more products. */
        REFUND,
        /** A click on an internal promotion. */
        PROMO_CLICK
}

var Events = [
        'click',
        'detail',
        'add',
        'remove',
        'checkout',
        'checkout_option',
        'purchase',
        'refund',
        'promo_click'
];

function stuff(event: IEvents):boolean {
        // event can now be only IEvents constants
        Events[event]; // event is actually a number that matches the index of the array
}
// stuff('click') won't work, it needs to be called using stuff(IEvents.CLICK)

export enum PaymentType {
                Cash = 1,
                Credit = 2
            }
var paymentType = PaymentType[PaymentType.Cash];

我正在寻找一种方法来实现typescript枚举中的描述(v2.5)，这种模式适合我:

export enum PriceTypes {
    Undefined = 0,
    UndefinedDescription = 'Undefined' as any,
    UserEntered = 1,
    UserEnteredDescription = 'User Entered' as any,
    GeneratedFromTrade = 2,
    GeneratedFromTradeDescription = 'Generated From Trade' as any,
    GeneratedFromFreeze = 3,
    GeneratedFromFreezeDescription = 'Generated Rom Freeze' as any
}

...

    GetDescription(e: any, id: number): string {
        return e[e[id].toString() + "Description"];
    }
    getPriceTypeDescription(price: IPricePoint): string {
        return this.GetDescription(PriceTypes, price.priceType);
    }