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C# Enum

Enum in C# is also known as enumeration. It is used to store a set of named constants such as season, days, month, size etc. The enum constants are also known as enumerators. Enum in C# can be declared within or outside class and structs.

Enum constants has default values which starts from 0 and incremented to one by one. But we can change the default value.

Points to remember

  • enum has fixed set of constants
  • enum improves type safety
  • enum can be traversed

C# Enum Example

Let’s see a simple example of C# enum.

Output:

WINTER = 0 SUMMER = 2 

C# enum example changing start index

Output:

WINTER = 10 SUMMER = 12 

C# enum example for Days

Output:

Sun = 0 Mon = 1 Sat = 6 

C# enum example: traversing all values using getNames()

Output:

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 

C# enum example: traversing all values using getValues()

Output:

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 
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