How to get/set enum by name?

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I want to get and set enums by their property name.
I think i can get a enum’s value by name with this code:

FProperty* property = Target->GetClass()->FindPropertyByName(Name);
EMyEnum* propertyAddress = property->ContainerPtrToValuePtr<EMyEnum>(Target);
EMyEnum = *propertyAddress;

However this method would only work for the enumType “EMyEnum”.
I am looking for a more generic method.

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.h---
/** Converts a UENUM to string */
	static FString EnumToString(const TCHAR* EnumName, const int32 EnumValue);
	/** Gets the index of a UENUM item given the enum item as a string. Essentially the reverse of EnumToString. */
	static int32 StringToEnumIndex(const TCHAR* EnumName, const FString& InString);

.cpp---
FString FMyModule::EnumToString(const TCHAR* EnumName, const int32 EnumValue)
{
	const UEnum* EnumPtr = FindObject<UEnum>(ANY_PACKAGE, EnumName, true);
	
	if (!EnumPtr)
	{
		return NSLOCTEXT("Enum not found", "Enum not found", "Enum not found").ToString();
	}

	return EnumPtr->GetNameStringByIndex(EnumValue);
}

int32 FMyModule::StringToEnumIndex(const TCHAR* EnumName, const FString& InString)
{
	const UEnum* EnumPtr = FindObject<UEnum>(ANY_PACKAGE, EnumName, true);
	
	if (EnumPtr)
	{
		return EnumPtr->GetIndexByNameString(InString);
	}

	return INDEX_NONE;
}

I think you can use the UEnum* ptr to also set by index, but I don’t have the engine open right now to check.

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