sushkumar

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• Dec 17th, 2007

 

An enumerated data type is a data type that groups together a set of values and orders them sequentially from 1 to n. You declare an enumerated type when you want a variable to hold only a limited number of distinct values. For example, you can define an enumerated type named colors whose legal values are "red" and "green" and "yellow". Examples type COLOR is enum red green // red = 1, green = 2 type YESNO is enum NO = 0 YES // NO = 0, YES = 1

testingeek

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• Jan 25th, 2008

 

 enumerated type is an abstract data type used to model an attribute that has a specific number of options (or identifiers) .
Eg :
enum cardsuit {
   CLUBS,
   DIAMONDS,
   HEARTS,
   SPADES
};

However at runtime the the enum will be implemented with an interger.
eg :
enum cardsuit {
   CLUBS    = 1,
   DIAMONDS = 2,
   HEARTS   = 4,
   SPADES   = 8
};

Ajoy Podder

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• May 21st, 2011

 

The data type consisting of a set of named values called elements, members or enumerators of the type.