Java Date Time - DayOfWeek valueOf(String name) example

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DayOfWeek valueOf(String name) returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.

Syntax

valueOf has the following syntax.

public static DayOfWeek valueOf(String name)

Example

The following example shows how to use valueOf.

import java.time.DayOfWeek;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = DayOfWeek.valueOf("MONDAY");
    System.out.println(dayOfWeek.name());
    System.out.println(dayOfWeek.getValue());
    System.out.println(dayOfWeek.ordinal());
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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