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47 lines
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title: Enumerations
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# Enumerations
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An enumeration is a set of named integer constants that is declared using the `enum` keyword.
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## Example
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enum Gender
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{
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Male,
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Female
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}
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```
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By default, the integer values start at 0 and increase by 1, for each enumeration name i.e. Male = 0, Female = 1 etc.
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These can be overridden by specifying an integer value for any of the enumeration names.
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## Example
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enum Gender
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{
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Male = 1,
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Female
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}
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```
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In this case, the integer values will start at 1 and increase from there.
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To use an enum, you can declare a variable of its type and assign a value to it:
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`Gender myVar = Gender.Male;`
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You can also cast an enumeration name value to it's underlying integer value and visa versa:
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```
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Console.WriteLine($"Male: {(int)Gender.Male}");
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Console.WriteLine($"Female: {(int)Gender.Female}");
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```
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## Output:
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```
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Male: 1
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Female: 2
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```
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