[Gambas-user] enum example

[Tobias Boege]

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, wally wrote:
> Hi
> 
> is there a selfexplaining, simpleand clear examplecode available using ENUM ?
> The docs example are not sufficient for my weak head. 
> 

Really? You use Enum as a more convenient way to declare integer constants:

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' The file permission numerical constants
Private Const PERM_EXEC  As Integer = 1
Private Const PERM_WRITE As Integer = 2
Private Const PERM_READ	 As Integer = 4
---

simply becomes

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Private Enum PERM_EXEC = 1, PERM_WRITE = 2, PERM_READ = 4
---

with the additional ability to have implicit sequences:

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' Counting
Private Const Zero As Integer = 0
Private Const One  As Integer = 1
Private Const Two  As Integer = 2
---

will be

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Private Enum Zero, One, Two
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The first value, if not explicitely given, defaults to 0. The n+1-st value
becomes the n-th value plus 1.

Please, make your own example code of it if you want...

Regards,
Tobi