Re: [Dev-C++] Make switch condition an enum

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

> I have the following chunk of code, and I've been asked to make the switch
> (SomeError) statement use an enum. Well I was told to "make that an enum".
>
> How would I create the enum and use it in the switch statement?
>
>
> // Get error strings
> switch (SomeError)
> {
>     case ERROR_ONE:
>       DebugOut  = _T("Error One!");
>       break;
>
>     case ERROR_TWO:
>       DebugOut  = _T("Error Two!");
>       break;
>
>     default:
>       DebugOut  = _T("Unspecified error!");
>       break;
> }

Something like this:

enum ErrorType { ERROR_ONE = 1, ERROR_TWO }

and then the same code with SomeError being of type ErrorType rather than
int (as I assume it is here).


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