Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step

Chapter 9. Creating value types with enumerations and structures

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Declaring an enumeration

• Using an enumeration

• Declaring a structure

• Create and use a structure type.

• Understanding structure and class differences

Chapter 8 covers the two fundamental types that exist in Microsoft Visual C#: value types and reference types. Recall that a value type variable holds its value directly on the stack, whereas a reference type variable holds a reference to an object on the heap. Chapter 7 demonstrates how to create your own reference types by defining classes. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create your own value types.

C# supports two kinds of value types: enumerations and structures. We’ll look at each ...