Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Grouping Constants with Enumerations

Enumerations are another kind of value type available in the .NET Framework. They represent a group of constants enclosed within an Enum..End Enum code block. An enumeration derives from System.Enum, which derives from System.ValueType. The following is an example of enumeration:

'These are all IntegersPublic Enum Sports    Biking      '0    Climbing    '1    Swimming    '2    Running     '3    Skiing      '4End Enum

By default, enumerations are sets of integer values. The preceding code defines a Sports enumeration of type Integer, which stores a set of integer constants. The Visual Basic compiler can also automatically assign an integer value to each member within an enumeration, starting from zero, as ...