{"id":581,"date":"2022-04-30T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/?page_id=581"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:07:38","slug":"csharp-enum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.csharptutorial.net\/csharp-tutorial\/csharp-enum\/","title":{"rendered":"C# Enum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn about the C# enum type and how to use it effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to the C# enum type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An enum type (or enumeration type) is a value type that allows you to define a group of named numeric constants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To define an enum type, you use the enum<\/code> keyword and specify the names of the enum members. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n

enum<\/span> Status\n{\n    open,\n    inProgress,\n    resolved,\n    closed,\n    reopened\n};<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> C#<\/span> (<\/span>cs<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
In this example, we define an enum type called Status<\/code>. The Status<\/code> enum has five members open<\/code>, inProgress<\/code>, resolved<\/code>, closed<\/code>, and reopened<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following example shows how to use the Status<\/code> enum:<\/p>\n\n\n
namespace<\/span> CSharpTutorial<\/span>;\n\nclass<\/span> Program<\/span>\n{\n    enum<\/span> Status { \n        open, \n        inProgress, \n        resolved, \n        closed, \n        reopened \n    };\n\n    static<\/span> void<\/span> Main<\/span>(string<\/span>[] args<\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        Status status = Status.open;\n        bool<\/span> isOpen = status == Status.open;\n\n        Console.WriteLine(isOpen); \/\/ True<\/span>\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> C#<\/span> (<\/span>cs<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
In this example: <\/p>\n\n\n\n