Language Ccpp Cref Examples ENUM1.C

/ ****************************************************************************
 *
 *  Enumeration example. Program will return the month in a year. 
 *  I.E. It returns 9 for September.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

main()
{
					/*
					 * Define a list of aliases
					 */
  enum months {Jan=1, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec};
   /*     A      A
          |      |
          |      |
	  |      -------  list of aliases.
	  --------------  Enumeration tag.	*/
    

  enum months month;		/* define 'month' variable of type 'months' */

  printf("%d\n", month=Sep);	/* Assign integer value via an alias	    
				 * This will return a 9			    */
}

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