What is enum in C#?

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What is enum in C#?

Vivek Kumar · Answer

Hi Naveen, Please look into the below links. It helps you to get clear picture about enum in c#. https://www.dotnetperls.com/enum https://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/csharp_enums.htm https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/enum

Brajesh Kumar · Answer

An enumeration is a set of named integer constants. An enumerated type is declared using the enum keyword. C# enumerations are value data type. In other words, enumeration contains its own values and cannot inherit or cannot pass inheritance. Declaring enum Variable The general syntax for declaring an enumeration is: enum { enumeration list }; Where, The enum_name specifies the enumeration type name. The enumeration list is a comma-separated list of identifiers. Each of the symbols in the enumeration list stands for an integer value, one greater than the symbol that precedes it. By default, the value of the first enumeration symbol is 0. For example: enum Days { Sun , Mon , tue , Wed , thu , Fri , Sat }; Example The following example demonstrates use of enum variable: using System ; namespace EnumApplication { class EnumProgram { enum Days { Sun , Mon , tue , Wed , thu , Fri , Sat }; static void Main ( string [] args ) { int WeekdayStart = ( int ) Days . Mon ; int WeekdayEnd = ( int ) Days . Fri ; Console . WriteLine ( "Monday: {0}" , WeekdayStart ); Console . WriteLine ( "Friday: {0}" , WeekdayEnd ); Console . ReadKey (); } } } When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result: Monday: 1 Friday: 5

Anil Jha · Answer

Please find below link about enum that explains well. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/puranindia/enums-in-C-Sharp/

Vivek Kumar · Answer

Please mark my answer as "Accepted" if it helped you

Naveen A · Answer

Thank You....

Logesh M · Answer

The enum keyword is used to declare an enumeration, a distinct type that consists of a set of named constants called the enumerator list. Usually it is best to define an enum directly within a namespace so that all classes in the namespace can access it with equal convenience.

Rajkiran Swain · Answer

An enumeration type (also named an enumeration or an enum) provides an efficient way to define a set of named integral constants that may be assigned to a variable.

What is enum in C#?

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