March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
183 pages
2h 34m
English
An enum is a user-defined type consisting of a fixed list of named constants. In the following example, the enumeration type is called Color and it contains three constants: Red, Green, and Blue.
enum Color { Red, Green, Blue };
The Color type can be used to create variables that may hold one of these constant values.
int main()
{
Color c = Red;
}
Enum constants may be prefixed with the enum name for added clarity. However, these constants are always unscoped, so care must be taken to avoid naming conflicts.
Color c = Color::Red;
Enum Example
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