What is enum?

[Blue Man]

i'm confused! what exactly is this function type and where should i use it?
appreciate any answers, clear article or anything.

[Mario Aguilera]

Re: What is enum?

Enum is basic blue man, it's a concept you should know very well if you've
ever programmed. Enum allows you to define your own enumerated types. So you
can have weekdays = (monday, tuesday, wed... etc) where monday would be 0,
tuesday would be 1, and so on... this makes your code easier to read when
you intend to use integers to represent options. ie: instead of if(option ==
3) you'd have if(option == thursday).

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[C# Learner]

Re: What is enum?

Blue Man wrote:
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An enumeration is a type which has a finite set of *possible* values
defined either implicitly or explicitly when it's created.

Check this article out:

http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/Lesson17.aspx

[Brad Williams]

Re: What is enum?

It's is not a function type, an enum is a type whose domain is a set of
named integral-type constants. Good examples in the docs:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vcrefTheEnumerationTypes.asp

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[C# Learner]

Re: What is enum?

C# Learner wrote:
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> Blue Man wrote:
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>> i'm confused! what exactly is this function type and where should i
>> use it?
>> appreciate any answers, clear article or anything.[/color]
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> An enumeration is a type which has a finite set of *possible* values
> defined either implicitly or explicitly when it's created.[/color]

"when it (the enumeration) is defined", rather.