Enumeration :)

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Can someone please explain the concept of Enumeration !

Thanks :slight_smile:

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enumaration is a way to assign integers to keywords, to make code clearer to read.
for example:

enum Dir{Left,Right};
cout << DirectionValue << endl;
cout << DirectionValue[Right] << endl;

(Code block behaves weird with not decoding < to <)
This results in outputting DirectionValue[0] and DirectionValue[1] respectively but is easier to read. It is more intended for production code, and I have not seen it used in a competitive scenario.

Note 1: Dir is it’s own datatype, which means it will need casting in some cases.
Note 2: You can start numbering at somewhere else than 0:

enum Dir{Left=-1,Straight,Right}