Part 13 - Enumerations
 | Definition: Enumeration A set of name to integer value associations. |
Declaring an Enumeration
Enumerations are handy to use as fields and properties in classes.
declaring an enum
Enumerations are also handy in preventing "magic numbers", which can cause unreadable code.
| Definition: Magic Number Any number outside of -1, 0, 1, or 2. |
Enumerations technically assign an integer value to each value, but that should generally be abstracted from view.
declaring an enum
is the same as
declaring an enum
 | Recommendation Except in special cases, do not assign numbers. |
Exercises
- Think of another good instance of using
enums.
Go on to Part 14 - Exceptions
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